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Total 100 articles, created at 2016-04-02 06:02 1 Uh-oh: Where does all the white rage go when Donald Trump loses?

(2.00/3) They're too angry to sit still. Too many to ignore. But too few to elect a president. Where do they go after Trump? 2016-04-02 01:05 4KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 2 From the big to the small, more tech firms assail HB2 :: The Skinny at WRAL TechWire If North Carolina's governor and General Assembly reverse course on the controversial HB2 law, technology firms from small to large will have had a role in that political concession. If they choose not to, then just as a year ago when a so-called religious freedom... 2016-04-02 02:12 6KB wraltechwire.com 3 VIDEO: 4th grade students meet with Gov. Jay Inslee Gov. Jay Inslee meets with 4th grade students from McCarver Elementary School in Tacoma after signing into law a bill to help homeless students. 2016-04-02 02:15 2KB www.thenewstribune.com 4 “Was TotalF*ckingTrainWreck.com already taken?”: Matt Bai’s spot-on jab to pollster Frank Luntz about new Republican Convention web page The RNC launched a new FAQ page to remind primary voters that their ballot cast for Trump was in vain 2016-04-02 01:37 1KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 5 The GOP’s obvious Donald Trump ruse: They don’t hate his ideas, they just hate his optics This week provided evidence anew that the GOP's anti-Trump crusade is motivated by politics, not principle 2016-04-02 01:36 3KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 6 Judge won’t put brakes on Uber case: Price-fixing lawsuit against car service still alive The lawsuit claims that Uber's "simple but illegal business plan" violates federal antitrust law 2016-04-02 01:30 2KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 7 Transgender Day Of Visibility Rally Transgender Day of Visibility Rally held outside the Charlotte Government Center on Thursday. 2016-04-02 01:04 2KB www.charlotteobserver.com 8 Job-seekers return at fastest pace since before recession WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are flooding back into the job market at the fastest pace since before the Great Recession, encouraged by steady hiring and some... 2016-04-02 02:39 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk 9 Breakthrough puts scientists 'just a few years' from curing Aids A cure for HIV and Aids could be just a few years away after scientists proved they can snip away the virus from infected cells and prevent the disease ever returning. 2016-04-02 02:30 4KB www.independent.ie 10 Abortion row 'a goof too far' for Trump Donald Trump faced a barrage of condemnation over his comments that women who have abortions should be punished, highlighting his struggles with female voters and damaging his chances i 2016-04-02 02:30 4KB www.independent.ie 11 Ray Kinsella: Europe is broken - and it won't be healed by denial Europe has lost its way. What makes it even worse is that all who are appalled at what is happening are caricatured by the establishment as 'extremist' or 'right-wing'. 2016-04-02 02:30 7KB www.independent.ie 12 Lexi Thompson, Ai Miyazato share ANA Inspiration lead RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Lexi Thompson powered her way to the top of the ANA Inspiration leaderboard Friday, using length and strength to counter the thi... 2016-04-02 02:15 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk 13 Local youths’ drug-free declarations adorn historic courthouse KMorgan 1182 posts 2016-04-02 03:41 9KB www.thetribunepapers.com 14 Trump now says abortion laws should be left as is WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump now says abortion laws should not be changed. It's a pendulum swing for the Republican presidential contender on an issue that... 2016-04-02 02:09 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 15 State finds cancer cluster near Oregon glassmaker PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials say they've discovered a small, statistically significant cluster of bladder cancer diagnoses in two North Port... 2016-04-02 02:09 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 16 Qualifiers for the 2016 Masters AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) — The 89 active players who have qualified for the 80th Masters, to be played April 7-10 at Augusta National Golf Club. The winner of t... 2016-04-02 02:06 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 17 Bailey Gwynne case: Schoolboy killer jailed for nine years A teenager who stabbed a 16-year-old to death in an Aberdeen school is jailed for nine years. 2016-04-02 00:55 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 18 Woods says he won't play the Masters Tiger Woods is going to Augusta National next week — to eat, not play. Woods made it official Friday night what most observers figured all along. Recovery fr... 2016-04-02 01:57 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 19 UN council sets stage for deployment of UN police to Burundi UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U. N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday setting the stage for deployment of U. N. police to Burundi, where kil... 2016-04-02 00:45 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 20 BC-RGU--Super Rugby Glance,1st Ld-Writethru %ednotes(Eds: Completes. 2016-04-02 01:57 1010Bytes www.dailymail.co.uk

23 Reuters: World News - powered by FeedBurner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will try to help foreign companies become more at ease doing business with Iran after last... 2016-04-02 00:43 624Bytes feeds.reuters.com 24 IS leader Baghdadi will 'taste justice': US official The Pentagon warned Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that he will eventually "taste justice" as the US military continues to target the jihadist gro... 2016-04-02 01:52 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 25 Obama: Trump 'doesn't know much' about foreign policy' President Barack Obama said Donald Trump's suggestion that Japan and South Korea should consider obtaining nuclear weapons demonstrates the Republican presidential front-runner's lack of understanding about foreign policy and the world at large. 2016-04-02 01:52 1KB rss.cnn.com 26 Lightning strike causes fire at Cobb County house Channel 2’s Audrey Washington reports a Marietta family told officials they smelled smoke and saw their roof was on fire. 2016-04-01 19:07 824Bytes www.ajc.com 27 U. S. PGA Tour Latest Houston Open leaderboard April 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Latest leaderboard in the second round from the U. S. PGA Tour Houston Open at the par-72 course on Friday in Humble, Texas hole... 2016-04-02 01:48 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk 28 Rash of deaths prompt US warning over tainted drugs US authorities are sounding the alarm after nearly 40 people in California either overdosed or died from street drugs laced with fentanyl, a powerful painkil... 2016-04-02 01:47 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 29 Musician calls files sexual battery lawsuit against former publicist Electronic band Tearist’s Yasmine Kittles says she has filed a sexual battery report with the Los Angeles Police Department against former music publicist Heathcliff Berru. 2016-04-02 01:47 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk 30 John Carver applies for vacant Aston Villa role Former Newcastle boss John Carver has applied for the vacant position at Aston Villa. The 51-year-old won just three of 20 games in charge of his hometown cl... 2016-04-02 01:46 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 31 Flying while Muslim, family edition: Mom says airline’s “safety issues” had to do with “how we look” Stories of Muslims—and those mistaken for Muslims or Middle Easterners—hassled on flights are becoming too familiar 2016-04-02 03:22 3KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 32 More obese people in the world than underweight, says study There are now more adults in the world classified as obese than underweight, a major study suggests. 2016-04-02 03:22 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 33 Exit campaigners say living wage will attract EU workers Ministers campaigning to leave the EU say the new National Living Wage will increase immigration - a claim rejected by the Treasury. 2016-04-02 01:05 3KB www.bbc.co.uk

34 Fox News host begs GOP candidates to stop answering questions the American public doesn’t like their answers to "If someone asks a gay marriage question" Bolling said, "just say 'I really want to stay on what matters most'" VIDEO 2016-04-02 01:05 1KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 35 Former British colony Australia says it wants Britain to stay in EU SYDNEY, April 2 (Reuters) - The former British colony of Australia wants Britain to stay in the European Union, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said, weeks bef... 2016-04-02 01:38 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 36 Jodi Anasta leads the fashionable fillies at Championships Day Jodi Anasta was certainly dressed to impress when she arrived at The Championships race day on Saturday. 2016-04-02 01:38 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 37 Model mom dead in car for THREE DAYS with her alive children The death of Frisco, Texas mom Christine Thi Woo, whose body was found with her still- living children in her SUV three days missing, has shocked locals. But some say she seemed 'overwhelmed'. 2016-04-02 01:38 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 38 Mississippi vs. Everyone: State’s pushing obscene law that’s not only anti-LGBT, it could also force women to wear makeup State on verge of passing bill legalizing discrimination against LGBT people and anyone who has non-marital sex 2016-04-02 01:05 3KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 39 Rush Limbaugh makes history by being right for first time: While sizing up GOP candidates, declares “everybody sucks” The stogie-toking conservative pundit weighs in on new poll showing candidates' net- negative approval ratings 2016-04-02 01:05 1KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 40 “We’re making gains in the majority community”: Thanks, John Kasich, for reminding us just how racist you can be Apparently the success of Kasich's programs are only measurable by "the majority community" (white people) VIDEO 2016-04-02 01:05 1KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 41 Chicago police 'confident' selfie shooting video not hoax CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago investigators have no reason to question the authenticity of a social media posting that seems to show a man taking a selfie video bei... 2016-04-02 01:35 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 42 El Salvador Congress backs measures to combat gangs in prisons SAN SALVADOR, April 1 (Reuters) - El Salvador's Congress approved on Friday a series of measures to regain control of its prisons and stem a tide of gang war... 2016-04-02 01:32 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 43 This Morning agony aunt Denise Robertson dies Denise Robertson, resident agony aunt for ITV's This Morning, has died aged 83 after a "short but determined" battle with cancer, the show says. 2016-04-02 01:05 4KB www.bbc.co.uk 44 1966: Owen and Heseltine go to Westminster Two heavyweight political veterans look back on their first days at Westminster, with Shaun Ley. 2016-04-02 01:05 7KB www.bbc.co.uk

45 For Ann Coulter, the crazier, the better: She says Donald Trump is “mental,” but is still pining for him to “crush” Democrats anyway Coulter is "testy" with Trump, but thinks he could beat Democrats by "slightly increasing the white vote" 2016-04-02 01:05 1KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 46 Zayn Malik tops UK album chart with debut Zayn Malik tops the UK album chart with his debut solo album Mind of Mine. 2016-04-02 01:05 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 47 Hello! Magazine apologises for 'fabricated' Clooney interview Hello! Magazine apologises for running an 'exclusive' interview with George Clooney the actor says was completely fabricated. 2016-04-02 01:05 1KB www.bbc.co.uk 48 Quiz of the week's news The Magazine's weekly quiz of the news, 7 days 7 questions. 2016-04-02 01:05 604Bytes www.bbc.co.uk 49 What kind of life can you live on £7.20 an hour? The National Living Wage is coming into force. What sort of lifestyle does it let people have? 2016-04-02 01:05 7KB www.bbc.co.uk 50 Hospital chain says system 90 percent back after cyberattack BALTIMORE (AP) — MedStar Health says computer systems at its 10 hospitals are 90 percent back after a cyberattack. Debra Schindler, spokeswoman for the hospi... 2016-04-02 01:29 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 51 Iggy Azalea goes horseback riding amid fiance drama The 25-year-old had her platinum blonde locks slicked back beneath her helmet as she sported a white collared tank top, belted Jodhpurs, and riding boots. 2016-04-02 01:19 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 52 Music stars seek reform of online piracy law in US Singers such as Katy Perry, Bryan Adams and Christina Aguilera are among hundreds in the music industry calling on US lawmakers to reform online piracy law. 2016-04-02 01:05 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 53 April Fool's Day: 10 stories that look like pranks but aren't It's hard to know what to trust on April Fool's Day as there are many stories that seem rather strange but are in fact genuine. 2016-04-02 01:05 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 54 Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'refused to blow himself up' Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam chose not to blow himself up to save people's lives, says his brother after meeting him in a Belgian prison. 2016-04-02 01:05 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 55 Mary-Kate Olsen looks stylish while out with husband Olivier Sarkozy The 29-year-old and her husband were spotted arriving to Los Angeles on Friday. She wore a long cream hued duster coat with a white blouse and sunglasses while staying close to her beau, 46. 2016-04-02 01:12 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 56 Tax transparency: Could the UK take a leaf out of Norway's book? In Norway people have been able to see how much others earn and pay in taxes for 200 years - could such an open system work in the UK? 2016-04-02 01:05 5KB www.bbc.co.uk

57 Oil prices slump on Saudi comments Oil prices fall sharply after Saudi Arabia says it will freeze production only if Iran and other major producers do the same. 2016-04-02 01:05 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 58 US championship results and standings April 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the US championship matches on Saturday Friday, April 1 New England Revolution 1 New York Red Bulls... 2016-04-02 01:10 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 59 Tata Steel: David Cameron raises concerns with Xi Jinping David Cameron has raised his concerns about the steel crisis with the Chinese President Xi Jinping, Downing Street says. 2016-04-02 02:15 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 60 Indonesia 'may blacklist Leonardo DiCaprio over palm oil comments' Indonesia is considering blacklisting Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio over his comments on rainforests being cleared for palm oil plantations. 2016-04-02 02:16 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 61 Identity 2016: Why Nigerians melt their gold jewellery in Dubai Dubai likes to describe itself as the city of gold and many, including Nigerians, come here to melt down their old jewellery and swap it for something new. 2016-04-02 02:16 5KB www.bbc.co.uk 62 India Kolkata flyover collapse: Hope fading for survivors Hopes are fading in the Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta) of finding more survivors after a flyover collapsed, killing at least 24 people. 2016-04-02 02:16 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 63 Pakistan: The women hanging out in all-male teahouses The BBC meets the women who are challenging gender expectations by reclaiming their place in public spaces. 2016-04-02 02:16 1KB www.bbc.co.uk 64 In pictures: Albinism and perceptions of beauty Justin Dingwall's series of portraits explores the aesthetics of albinism and perceptions of beauty. 2016-04-02 02:15 2KB www.bbc.co.uk 65 Sexist bullying 'can make bright girls feel unfeminine' Girls feel they have to choose between being attractive or clever because of sexist name calling, a teachers' union leader has warned. 2016-04-02 02:15 4KB www.bbc.co.uk 66 Greece passes law allowing migrants' return to Turkey The Greek parliament passes a law allowing migrants to be returned to Turkey under an EU deal aimed at easing the numbers trying to reach Europe. 2016-04-02 02:15 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 67 Nuclear terrorist attack would 'change our world', says Obama President Barack Obama tells a nuclear summit in the US that the threat of a nuclear terrorist attack persists and the world must be resolute in foiling it. 2016-04-02 02:15 3KB www.bbc.co.uk 68 Chloe Lloyd dazzles with Union J fiancé Josh Cuthbert at glam party They never fail to turn heads when they step out together. But Josh Cuthbert and fiance Chloe Lloyd only had eyes for each other as they stepped out for the Arcadia Issue 2 launch party in London. 2016-04-02 01:08 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

69 Ramona Singer cuts stylish figure in black and white dress at event The 59-year-old attended the NBCUniversal Summer press day on Friday wearing a black and white patterned dress. She looked lovely in the sleeveless frock, pairing it with strappy heels. 2016-04-02 01:08 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 70 Lana Del Rey can't pull away from conversation as she gases up tank The 30-year-old Summertime Sadness singer wore a black scoop neck top, a dark blue sweater, and rolled up jeans. She also donned a pair of gladiator style sandals. 2016-04-02 01:06 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 71 U. S. plans third patrol near disputed S. China Sea islands - source April 1 (Reuters) - The U. S. Navy plans to conduct another passage near disputed islands in the South China Sea in early April, a source familiar with the pl... 2016-04-02 01:05 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 72 Annuity rates slashed by 17% in a year as savers endure cuts to income Thousands of savers have endured cuts to their retirement incomes as the Chancellor’s pension reforms have backfired and 21,000 people put £1.1billion into annuities in last three months of 2015. 2016-04-02 01:04 7KB www.dailymail.co.uk 73 Severe weather moves east toward Carolinas after tornadoes ATLANTA (AP) — Strong storms plowed through Georgia on their way to the Carolinas Friday, spawning at least one confirmed tornado, after setting off tornadoe... 2016-04-02 01:01 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 74 Imogen Anthony strikes raunchy topless pose in short video Imogen Anthony plasters face in a charcoal mask and strikes raunchy topless pose in short video posted to Instagram on Friday. 2016-04-02 01:01 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 75 How I friended Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Colbert: Zach Anner on comedy and cerebral palsy (“The sexiest of the palsies”) I was born with cerebral palsy. I became a stand-up, wowed Oprah, hosted travel shows and drove the Mars Rover 2016-04-02 02:15 10KB salon.com.feedsportal.com 76 Here's new cure for stress that will give 'elf 'n' safety the vapours! For anyone who feels overwhelmed in a big city, Jack Cooke will be something of an inspiration, writes Robert Hardman. For he is the author of a book on the joys of tree- climbing. 2016-04-02 00:58 8KB www.dailymail.co.uk 77 Jessie J touches down at Sydney airport wearing edgy ripped jeans The 28-year-old British musician was seen strolling through the Sydney airport terminal on Saturday, wearing a sleek black long-sleeved blouse teamed with ripped jeans. 2016-04-02 00:58 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 78 Two men launch Australia's first mobile laundry for the homeless A pair of young men who started a mobile laundry business for the homeless have expanded to five states across Australia, driving vans custom-fit with washers and dryers across the country. 2016-04-02 00:58 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

79 US Spy Agency Selects St. Louis Location Over Illinois A U. S. spy agency seeking a new $1.6 billion home for its western regional headquarters expects to remain in St. Louis rather than move to the city's Illinois suburbs. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which has called St. Louis home for more than 70 years, announced Thursday... 2016-04-02 00:57 4KB abcnews.go.com 80 Universities 'fail to ban radicals' Universities named in the report include University College London, the Institute of Education, King's College, Kingston University and London's School of Oriental and African Studies. 2016-04-02 00:56 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 81 Despite criticism, EU plans are ready to deport refugees Greece is pressing ahead with plans to start deporting migrants and refugees back to Turkey next week, despite mounting concern from the United Nations and human rights organizations that Syrians could be denied proper protection while some are allegedly even being forced back into their war-torn country. 2016-04-02 00:56 5KB mynorthwest.com 82 DR MAX: Why are doctors so poor at looking after the dying? Hospitals are meant to provide round-the-clock access to specialist palliative care teams, trained in helping people as they near their final moments. 2016-04-02 00:54 9KB www.dailymail.co.uk 83 Tax penalty for families who have a granny flat Families who own homes with ‘granny flats’ could be forced to knock them down if they want to sell their houses. Under tax rules, they will be classed as owning two properties if they try to sell up. 2016-04-02 00:53 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 84 Madonna sues co-op after it rules children cannot be there without her The 57-year-old claims Harperley Hall changed her original proprietary lease two years ago - something she says they did illegally - and now is trying to unfairly enforce the change. 2016-04-02 00:53 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 85 80% of over 50s are baffled by the new state pension plan The majority of those approaching retirement are ignorant of vital details of the new state pension, a survey revealed yesterday. From 6 April, those entitled to the full benefit will get £155.65 a week. 2016-04-02 00:51 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 86 Hilary Duff treats herself to some retail therapy The singer opted for a casual look in a sweatshirt and black leggings while out in LA on Friday. The singer was spotted hitting the town with her personal trainer Jason Walsh earlier in the week. 2016-04-02 00:50 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 87 EU referendum: Leave campaigns face left-wing rival The Trade Union and Socialist Coalition launches a surprise bid to be the official EU Leave campaign - and threatens legal action if Vote Leave or Grassroots Out are chosen instead. 2016-04-01 19:03 6KB www.bbc.co.uk 88 GlaxoSmithKline to 'drop patents in poor countries for better drug access' UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline says it wants to make it easier for manufacturers in the world's poorest countries to copy its medicines so more people can have access to them. 2016-04-01 19:03 3KB www.bbc.co.uk

89 US adds Lea to Rio Olympics team after arbitration case COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP) — Olympic veteran Bobby Lea has been added to the U. S. team for the Rio Games after the track cyclist's successful appeal to ... 2016-04-02 00:43 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 90 5 taken to a hospital after ammonia leak at Phoenix dairy PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say five people have been taken to a hospital after an ammonia leak at a west Phoenix dairy. Officials of the Shamrock Farms Dairy... 2016-04-02 00:43 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 91 Grandfather who hoarded hundreds of Rawlplugs sells the lot for £1,500 Peter Barnard, 67, sold his collection of Rawlplugs and memorabilia for £1,500. The company's managing director plans to put the collection on display at the firm's base in Glasgow. 2016-04-02 00:42 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 92 Newark airport flight limits eased; could spur lower fares NEWARK, N. J. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday it's easing limits on the number of hourly flights at Newark Liberty International A... 2016-04-02 00:40 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 93 BC-SOC--Argentine Standings Velez Sarsfield 1, Quilmes 2 Argentinos Juniors 0, Huracan 0 Atletico Tucuman 2, Huracan 1 Olimpo vs. Rosario Central, 2115 local time Temperley vs. Estudian... 2016-04-02 00:40 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 94 Art captures constant motion of Asian Megacities Eleven artists capture the changes and constant motion of 'Megacities' in Asia by using everything from bicycles to plastic bags. 2016-04-02 01:05 890Bytes www.bbc.co.uk 95 Tesla Model 3 pitched as an 'affordable' electric car Tesla unveils its much-anticipated Model 3 electric car saying it will cost $35,000 and have a range of at least 215 miles (346km) per charge. 2016-04-02 01:05 8KB www.bbc.co.uk 96 Donna Air's daughter Freya grows up Freya, who is now 12, is indeed taller than her willowy mum, who stands at 5 ft 8 in. Freya's father is Donna's ex, conservationist Damian Aspinall. 2016-04-02 00:39 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 97 New NHS contracts ‘are anti-women’ Female doctors will be discriminated against by the new junior doctors’ contract, according to leading experts in the profession. 2016-04-02 00:38 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 98 Star abruptly leaves Broadway's Cirque du Soleil show NEW YORK (AP) — Things have gotten much more complicated for the upcoming high- octane Cirque du Soleil show on Broadway: One of the leading actors has left o... 2016-04-02 00:37 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 99 Port Talbot: Javid tells workers plant has a future Hundreds of Tata Steel workers gather to demand answers from Business Secretary Sajid Javid as he leaves a meeting at Port Talbot steel works. 2016-04-02 01:05 6KB www.bbc.co.uk 100 Protesters demand release of detained Nigerian Shiite leader Dozens of protesters are demanding that Nigerian officials release Shiite leader Ibraheem Zakzaky. 2016-04-02 00:36 1KB mynorthwest.com Articles

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1 Uh-oh: Where does all the white rage go when Donald Trump loses? (2.00/3) Topics: Donald Trump , Race , Editor's Picks , Elections 2016 , Business News , News , Politics News For all Donald Trump’s dark pronouncements about immigrants and Muslims and the sporadic fistfights at his rallies, the Republican front runner has so far channeled the rage and fear felt by his constituents into an election campaign. Violence is never far from the surface at a Trump rally, and as has happened with sickening regularity in recent weeks, it occasionally breaks through in wild sucker punches and outright beatings of protesters, but the goal of the Trump campaign could not be more conventionally political: to propel its candidate to the Republican Party nomination, and from there, to the presidency. But what happens when his campaign fails, as it almost certainly will? Trump is openly at war with his own party, and even if that badly splintered organization magically unites behind him after the convention, there simply are not enough angry white people in America to elect him president. Where will all that anger, which has been slowly building among America’s white working class for half a century, go once it is left without a viable political outlet? In the months since Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has shifted from amusing diversion to cold political reality, the narrative favored by America’s political and media elite has been one of chickens coming home to roost. The Republican Party, the story goes, having for too long cynically played upon the ignorance and fears of its white lower-middle class base to gain the votes to pass ever more lavish tax breaks for its wealthy donor class, has had its electorate stolen by a clownish billionaire willing to say in plain English what Republican leaders have for decades been communicating to their constituents only in whispers and dog whistles. This narrative is true, of course, but in the telling, the focus invariably falls on Trump, who is portrayed as a shameless but politically astute demagogue in the mold of Louisiana’s Huey Long or Alabama’s George Wallace, able to sniff out deep wounds in the body politic others have missed and transform them into votes. But this is absurd. For all his bluster, Trump is at best a mediocre politician. He has no core political philosophy, he rambles at the podium, and quails at even the mildest questioning from the press. Half the time, he doesn’t even seem that interested in the office he’s running for. The night he won the Florida primary, knocking the home-state Senator Marco Rubio out of the race and cementing his position as his party’s front runner, Trump spent much of his prime-time televised speech touting his eponymous line of steaks and wines. Trump is the P. T. Barnum of 21st century American politics, a gifted impresario able to spot a sucker a mile off, but he isn’t the phenomenon we should be watching this spring. His constituency is. Lower-middle class white voters from the Rust Belt and South have fallen under the sway of Republican leaders for more than half a century now. In some cases, those Republicans were brilliant politicians like Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Just as often, though, white working class voters pulled the lever for empty suits like Mitt Romney and George W. Bush. What changed, then, in 2016? It wasn’t the Republican Party’s strategy or the quality of the candidates it put forward. Jeb Bush, with his jaunty exclamation point and famous last name, was a more substantive version of his twice-elected younger brother, and Ted Cruz has the sweaty, aggrievement-fueled intensity of a young Richard Nixon. In any other election cycle, one of them, most likely Jeb Bush, would be honing his acceptance speech by now. That didn’t happen this year because lower-middle class white Americans are hurting as they never have before. No group, after all, has been hit harder by globalization than the white working class in the Rust Belt and South. Drug addiction, long considered an “urban” (read: African American) scourge, is spreading through white society, especially in rural areas and former industrial hubs. A recent study by a pair of Princeton researchers found that, alone among all cohorts of Americans, the death rate for white middle-class people has been rising, thanks to spikes in alcoholism, drug overdose, and suicide.

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2 From the big to the small, more tech firms assail HB2 :: The Skinny at WRAL TechWire By RICK SMITH, WRAL TechWire Editor Raleigh, N. C. — If North Carolina's governor and General Assembly reverse course on the controversial HB2 law, technology and life science firms from small to large will have had a role in that political concession. If the politicos choose not to, then hang on. The ride is likely to get rougher. No one in Raleigh's government district, from Gov. Pat McCrory to Republican leaders who rammed through HB2 should have been surprised – or at least caught off-guard – by the ensuing wave of negative reaction from the tech community when the "Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act" was passed. Don't forget: just as a year ago when a so-called religious freedom bill was discussed, politicos discovered just how big a voice that some leaders in the tech industry can generate. Fast forward to the past week ... From Red Hat, Quintiles, IBM and Cisco among multi-national corporations with headquarters and major campuses in the Triangle to smaller firms such as Durham-based agency McKinney to technology startups such as Durham-based Spoonflower, executives from a growing number of companies are making their displeasure known. A list of executives representing companies opposing the bill and signing a letter from the Human Rights Campaign and Equality NC is now well above 100. Many have North Carolina operations. The state could very well suffer economic fallout , from lost business to companies choosing other destinations for expansion. Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, for example, is reviewing its planned expansion: “Braeburn Pharmaceuticals believes in fair treatment and equality for all individuals in their communities. We oppose any legislation that discriminates against the LGBT community and are extremely disappointed with North Carolina’s recent passage of anti-discrimination legislation. Our central mission is to develop new treatments for patients with diseases that are often associated with stigma, such as addiction and schizophrenia. Building a manufacturing and research facility is a business necessity to ensure we fulfill our commitment to patients; we are reevaluating our options based on the recent, unjust legislation.” Saying no to religious freedom law Red Hat's (NYSE: RHT ) headquarters are based in Raleigh, and the company is widely recognized for its diversity practices in hiring, recruiting and benefits. And a year ago, CEO Jim Whitehurst declared a proposed religious freedom law out of bounds. "Red Hat has always believed in diversity, inclusion, and equality of voices – not only for our associates, but also our partners, customers, the broader technology industry and the communities where we live and work," Whitehurst said. "Our business is deeply rooted in the principles of collaboration and inclusion, where people from diverse backgrounds and experiences come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and spur innovation. "We've seen first hand the impact of this collaboration among diverse groups of people. "We cannot see any economic benefit from divisive legislation, and would prefer to see more attention given to issues that would have a demonstrable positive impact on all citizens. " So, Whitehurst took the lead again almost as soon as HB2 passed, tweeting his rejection of the measure: Spoonflower speaks up Spoonflower, a promising emerging company focused on custom materials and craft technology, quickly issued a lengthy statement, declaring "Discrimination Bill HB2 Hurts Spoonflower and All NC Business. " "Defying the interests of North Carolina’s business community, our state legislature passed a bill, #HB2, on Wednesday that opens the door to discriminatory practices against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, bans local governments from passing their own non- discrimination policies, and makes our beloved state look bigoted in the eyes of the rest of the world," Spoonflower said. "As an eight-year old startup that has grown from the kitchen tables of its two co-founders into an international business with over 150 employees, Spoonflower’s success depends on the talent and contributions of all its team members, including those who are part of the LGBT community. We value and protect the diversity of our workplace, which is what makes us strong, creates a positive and productive work environment, and draws new customers to our brand. "HB2, and the sentiment behind it, makes it harder for Spoonflower and other technology companies to lure talent and capital to our state, and reflects a misplaced set of priorities on the part of North Carolina’s governor and the lawmakers who voted for the bill. The North Carolina we know and love is not a place where prejudice is sanctioned. The mission of our governor and legislature should be to craft policies that make our state stronger, more inclusive, and more competitive. "As entrepreneurs, Spoonflower’s founders came to North Carolina because of its reputation as an enlightened, forward-thinking state. As outside observers have noted in the days since the law was rushed through a special session, North Carolina’s House Bill 2 stands out as one of the most extreme pieces of pro-discrimination legislation passed by any US state. In opposing it, Spoonflower joins some of the state’s largest and most influential employers -- including Red Hat, Google, American Airlines, IBM, Biogen, and Paypal -- in speaking out against what they see as an anti-business agenda on the part of Pat McCrory and the North Carolina legislative majority. " Spoonflower closed with the now familiar Twitter tag: #WeAreNotThis. A growing force Whether one disagrees or agrees with HB2, one fact remains clear: The state's growing technology-related business sector is not going to stand idly by as politicians make decisions that these leaders believe have consequences on how they do business, affect how they can recruit employees, and how places they choose to live are affected by politicos' votes on Jones Street. WRAL TechWire any time: Twitter, Facebook WRAL TechWire Publisher and Editor Rick Smith dishes out tidbits from the local technology sector. Read more articles…

2016-04-02 02:12 RICK SMITH wraltechwire.com

3 VIDEO: 4th grade students meet with Gov. Jay Inslee The scene at a Puyallup-area school before Secretary Hillary Clinton arrives to speak to tribal leaders. Chelsea Clinton speaks at Bates Technical College's Advanced Technical Building to urge Washington voters to support her mother, Hillary Clinton, in the presidential caucuses. The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is the ComicCon of conservative politics. Republicans of all ages, from all over America, come dressed in their best - or craziest - to hear panels of conservatism’s brightest minds. We went to CPAC and asked attendees two questions: what the best thing and the worst thing about a Trump presidency would be. Inside a Republican caucus meeting. Caleb Heimlich, executive director of the Washington State Republican Party, gives a rundown of how the process works. Cliff Lenderman says that martial arts aren't just for physical fitness, but for improving the whole person. Cheryl Gacek talks about trying to keep her sister's killer from receiving her retirement benefits. A judge ruled Robert Selland isn't eligible for his slain wife Carol's pension money. Bret Carlstad, Pierce County facilities management director, talks about the challenges in maintaining the Hess Building at 901 Tacoma Avenue South. The Republican from Sumner says she thinks Lt. Gov. Brad Owen didn't take her comments in the proper context. The Truancy Board of the Puyallup School District interview students and and their parents to find out if there is anything they can do to help getting the students to school. The hearings are conducted inside a conference room at the school district’s office in downtown Puyallup. Under a steady rain, an estimated 5,000 pro-life supporters gathered on the steps of the Legislative Building for the 38th annual March for Life rally. With organization president Noreen McEntee Hobson serving as emcee, the event featured a series of speakers which included numerous state legislators and individuals sharing their personal stories. Standing on the steps of the Temple of Justice building a group of several hundred pro-choice supporters staged a boisterous counter-rally across the plaza at the same time.

2016-04-02 02:15 www.thenewstribune.com

4 “Was TotalF*ckingTrainWreck.com already taken?”: Matt Bai’s spot-on jab to pollster Frank Luntz about new Republican Convention web page Topics: Frank Luntz , Matt Bai , Reince Preibus , Donald Trump , #NeverTrump , RNC , Elections News , Media News , Politics News Conservative strategist Frank Luntz announced on his Twitter Friday that the Republican National Convention created a page on its website to “prepare voters for a contested convention” in July: The “new web site” is simply an added page on the GOP’s already existing site, and acts to inform voters of the electoral process rather than “prepare” them for a contested convention. That said, the info seems implicitly geared toward voters who mistakenly thought their primary vote factored into the majority decision of convention delegates. The RNC’s move is in direct conflict with the primary process, through which voters have expressed overwhelming support for Donald Trump, much to the GOP establishment’s chagrin.

2016-04-02 01:37 Brendan Gauthier salon.com.feedsportal.com

5 The GOP’s obvious Donald Trump ruse: They don’t hate his ideas, they just hate his optics Topics: Donald Trump , Elections 2016 , GOP primary , News , Politics News He has said that Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her wherever” and suggested that Ted Cruz’s wife is ugly. Then, this week, in a town hall with Chris Matthews, Donald Trump was pressed on what his newfound “pro-life” sentiment entailed as a policy matter. He responded that women would likely have to once again terminate pregnancies in “illegal places” if his desired prohibition on abortion took effect, and that those who did so should be punished. Pro-choice Americans were obviously horrified. What was more interesting, and telling, was the anti-abortion advocates awkwardly rushing to distance themselves. Insisting that the anti-abortion movement wants “what is best for the mother and the baby,” March for Life Education and Defense Fund President Jeanne Mancini stated that “no pro-lifer would ever want to punish a woman who has chosen abortion.” Trump offered an uncomfortable reminder that the anti-abortion movement is fundamentally about controlling and punishing women, and that outlawing and restricting abortion necessarily leads to more women getting injured and dying. This at a time when abortion clinics are closing nationwide amidst a wave of newly restrictive laws passed thanks to women’s health being exploited as a pretext. There’s a lot to find terrifying about Trump. The call to close the border to Muslims. The misogyny. The description of Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers. The incitement to violence. But what really rattles the Republican establishment is that that he vocalizes the hateful red meat, which the establishment has dished out to its base for years, in the all-too-honest language in which the base is fluent. That and his economic and foreign policy heresies, and the fact that he’s a rich guy in trashy nouveau riche garb, appealing to the rabble’s worst arriviste pretensions. Jeb Bush slammed Trump for his “divisiveness and vulgarity” and threw his support behind Ted Cruz, who he called a “consistent, principled conservative”—a principled conservative who recently called for “law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods.” If Bush’s concerns had to do with Trump’s substance rather than his lack of social graces, he might have also condemned Cruz for picking notorious Islamophobe Frank Gaffney as a foreign policy advisor, a conspiracist who has claimed that Obama is “ America’s first M uslim president” and that the Missile Defense Agency’s logo “appears ominously to reflect a morphing of the Islamic crescent and star with the Obama campaign logo.”

2016-04-02 01:36 Daniel Denvir salon.com.feedsportal.com

6 Judge won’t put brakes on Uber case: Price-fixing lawsuit against car service still alive Topics: uber , price-fixing , Travis Kalanick , lawsuits , anti-trust lawsuit , Life News , News Uber founder and CEO Travis Kalanick, who is being sued over alleged price-fixing by his popular ride-sharing service, has failed in his effort to have the suit against him dismissed, Gothamist reports. The class-action suit, brought by Spencer Meyer, of Connecticut, in December 2015, claims that Uber’s pricing algorithm violates antitrust laws. Uber has gone to great lengths to classify its drivers as independent contractors rather than employees , a distinction of significant financial importance for the company. Meyer’s suit argues that this very classification places Uber on the wrong side of the law. Because the company’s drivers are independent contractors, the suit says, they are all technically in competition with one another, which makes Uber’s pricing system an illegal, competition-eliminating price-fixing mechanism. “Uber has a simple but illegal business plan: to fix prices among competitors and take a cut of the profits,” the lawsuit claims. “Kalanick is the proud architect of that business plan.” U. S. District Judge Jed Rakoff ruled Tuesday that Kalanick will have to face the lawsuit. The case is set to go to court in for November. “The advancement of technological means for the orchestration of large-scale price-fixing conspiracies need not leave antitrust law behind,” Rakoff wrote in his ruling, declining to dismiss the suit. “The fact that Uber goes to such great lengths to portray itself—one might even say disguise itself—as the mere purveyor of an ‘app’ cannot shield it from the consequences of it operating as much more.”

2016-04-02 01:30 Michael Garofalo salon.com.feedsportal.com

7 Transgender Day Of Visibility Rally Urban Ministry’s Room in the Inn closes for season Friday morning Kyle Hagel, the enforcer for the Charlotte Checkers hockey team, is fighting to increase literacy at McClintock Middle School through his Stick to Reading program and more recently a book club for boys. Dave Scott, staff veterinarian for Carolina Raptor Center, Charlotte developer Johnny Harris, and Kelsey Conroy, Rehabilitation Associate for Carolina Raptor Center, release a rehabilitated bald eagle in front of Quail Hollow Club at 3700 Gleneagles Road in Charlotte on Thursday, March 31, 2016 WBTV meteorologist Chris Larson with The Charlotte Observer weather forecast for March 31, 2016. Critics of North Carolinas’ HB2, which struck down protections against LGBT residents, are demanding the Governor’s Office release proof that he has heard from businesses that are applauding the controversial measure. Charlotte-based Bank of America became the latest big name to join that list, sending out a message Tuesday asking Gov. Pat McCrory and the state General Assembly to repeal the law. Cankerworms have begun to hatch, slink and munch on Charlotte’s tree canopy again. The little green caterpillars typically emerge this time of the year from eggs laid by their wingless moth mamas in December. WBTV meteorologist Lyndsay Tapases with The Charlotte Observer weather forecast for March 29, 2016. Appalachian Hospitality Management pleads guilty to manslaughter. WBTV meteorologist Lyndsay Tapases with The Charlotte Observer weather forecast for March 28, 2016. CMPD Lt. Andy Harris was shot in the line of duty on Saturday, March 26. Chief Kerr Putney gave details of the South Charlotte incident in a 1 a.m. press conference.

2016-04-02 01:04 www.charlotteobserver.com

8 Job-seekers return at fastest pace since before recession WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are flooding back into the job market at the fastest pace since before the Great Recession, encouraged by steady hiring and some signs of higher pay. The flow has halted, at least temporarily, one of the economy's more discouraging trends: the sharp decline in the percentage of people either working or looking for work. That figure fell last year to a four-decade low. The pickup since then suggests that nearly seven years after the recession ended, Americans are finally more confident that they can find jobs. In March, nearly 400,000 people began job hunts, though not all found work. Their searching lifted the unemployment rate to 5 percent from 4.9 percent. Employers added 215,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday, a solid figure but not enough to keep up with the new job-seekers. Since last September, 2.4 million people have either found jobs or started looking. The proportion of Americans working or looking for work, known as the "participation rate," has increased to 63 percent during that time, from 62.4 percent, a 38-year low. "The rise... over the past six months has been truly astounding, suggesting that the job market is finally pulling discouraged workers off the sidelines," said James Marple, an economist at TD Bank. Still, the participation rate was 66 percent before the recession began. The drop has fueled concerns that the recession rendered millions of Americans essentially unemployable, held back by deteriorating skills or a lack of available jobs nearby. The increase in the past few months provides hope that's not the case. Martin Nyholt, 61, of Apex, North Carolina, recently began looking for work again after retiring from IBM last May. He is looking for a part-time position, but would take a "simple job" that pays $10 to $15 an hour if it is full-time. He wants less pressure than existed in his former project-manager position. "I've kind of run out of TV shows that I want to watch," Nyholt said, outside an employment center. "Every additional month I go is money that's going to be coming out of (savings) and that's a negative there. " Economists estimate that at least half of the decline in the participation rate is a result of ongoing retirements by the vast baby boom generation. That demographic trend could overwhelm the return of younger workers, keeping the participation rate flat or pushing it lower in the coming months. The extra job- seekers also give the Federal Reserve additional flexibility in the timing of future interest rate increases, economists said. If employers have more potential workers to choose from, they won't be forced to raise wages as quickly, a step that can push up inflation. The Fed raised rates for the first time in nine years in December. Most economists don't expect Fed policymakers to move again until June. Average hourly wages rose 2.3 percent in March compared with a year earlier, a faster pace than the first few years after the recession. But that is still about a percentage point below the rate that is typical for a healthy economy. The percentage of Americans without high school degrees who are working or seeking jobs has jumped sharply since last fall. That could be a response to big increases in low-paying jobs in industries such as retail, which added 48,000 jobs in March, and hotels and restaurants, which gained 26,000. Older Americans are also more likely to work or look for work than they were a year ago. Tara Sinclair, chief economist at the online job site Indeed, says that many companies are frustrated that they cannot find the workers they need. So they are trying to keep older workers on board by offering perks such as flexible hours or part-time work. Last month's healthy hiring comes even as growth has showed signs of slowing. That suggests employers see the tepid growth figures as temporary. Sluggish consumer spending in January and February caused many economists to lower their estimates for growth in the first quarter to 1 percent or below. That would follow an anemic 1.4 percent pace at the end of last year. Yet many analysts think the GDP figures will likely be revised higher in the coming months. Consumers may also spend more of their savings from lower gas prices, boosting the economy. Kevin Wilson, CEO of Buzz Franchise Brands, said the growing economy is helping him expand. He plans to add eight more employees to his headquarters staff of 22 by the end of this year. The company operates Mosquito Joe, a pest- control provider, and Pool Scouts, which provides pool-cleaning services. Wilson expects to hire more workers at the existing 113 Mosquito Joe franchises and open 58 new ones. Those steps should create about 450 new jobs. Yet he hasn't had to offer much higher pay to attract workers. "We get a ton of responses to our job ads," he said. Sluggish wage growth has been a source of frustration for many workers and has spilled over into widespread demands for a higher minimum wage. California approved a measure this week to lift its minimum to $15 an hour by 2020, more than double the current federal minimum of $7.25. New York lawmakers have also approved a $15 minimum that will be phased in at different times around the state. ___ Associated Press Writer Martha Waggoner in Raleigh, N. C., contributed to this report.

2016-04-02 02:39 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

9 Breakthrough puts scientists 'just a few years' from curing Aids A cure for HIV and Aids could be just a few years away after scientists proved they can snip away the virus from infected cells and prevent the disease ever returning. The HIV virus attacks and kills immune cells, leaving patients highly vulnerable to other infections. But scientists in the US have shown it is possible to use state-of-the-art genetic editing technology to literally cut away the virus from the DNA of cells. "This is a technology which enables you to change the genes. Effectively you can engineer the body to cure itself from the inside," said Professor Matthew Cobb of Manchester University. Although the experiments have so far only been carried out in a lab, researchers at Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, are confident that within three years they will be able to start trials on humans. Experts said the treatment would effectively 'engineer the body to cure itself from the inside' while charities said the breakthrough was 'very exciting.' Crucially the human immune cells which were tested in the lab showed no alteration to any other parts of the genetic code. There have been fears that altering DNA could trigger a cascade of genetic breaks which would prove harmful or even lethal to humans. "The fact that for the first time we have been able to completely eliminate segments of the viral genome in the laboratory demonstrates that we should be able to eliminate it in the human body," said lead researcher Professor Kamel Khalili. "The findings are important on multiple levels. They demonstrate the effectiveness of our gene editing system in eliminating HIV from the DNA of immune cells and permanently inactivating its replication. "Further, they show that the system can protect cells from reinfection and that the technology is safe for the cells, with no toxic effects. It has huge potential. Based on the findings, we should be entering into clinical trials within three years. " There are more than 100,000 people living with HIV in Britain and around 600 die each year. Anti-retroviral drugs are now very good at controlling infection but patients need to be on medication for life and if they stop taking treatment the virus replicates rapidly, eventually causing acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or Aids. The new technique - called Crispr/Cas9 - involves targeting the genetic code of HIV which inserts itself into cells. Scientists take a protein called Cas9 and modify it so it can recognise viral code. Blood is then extracted from the patient and the Cas9 protein added where it seeks out the HIV DNA in immune cells. Once it finds it, it releases an enzyme which removes the sequence, effectively snipping out the virus. The healthy modified cells would the be transfused back into the patient. Scientists believe that replacing just 20pc of immune cells with the genetically altered cells would be enough to cure the disease. Prof Khalili said it may also be possible to give the protein at the same time as HIV drugs until they were no longer needed. "It makes sense to incorporate this treatment along with the current antiviral treatment for some period of time with anticipation that upon cessation of the antiviral therapy there will be no rebound due to the eradication of the virus by the excision strategy," he said. After the viral sequence has been removed from the DNA, the loose ends of the genome are reunited by the cell's own repair machinery. The cleared cells are then pumped back into the patient. Irish Independent

2016-04-02 02:30 Sarah Knapton www.independent.ie

10 Abortion row 'a goof too far' for Trump Donald Trump faced a barrage of condemnation over his comments that women who have abortions should be punished, highlighting his struggles with female voters and damaging his chances in a crucial upcoming contest. The Republican front-runner has fallen behind rival Ted Cruz in Wisconsin, where the next primary election will be held on Tuesday, and a recent poll showed that nearly three quarters of all women now have an unfavourable opinion of him. Those shortcomings were on full display as he struggled to make an elegant about-face after his remark that there must be "some sort of punishment" for women who have abortions if he gets his way and the practice is banned. The comments were vehemently rejected from Democrats and Republicans alike, with even pro- life groups distancing themselves from Mr Trump. The property mogul released a statement two hours later backing a ban on abortion and advocating punishments for abortion doctors, but reversing himself on the question of women themselves facing repercussions. Mr Trump then travelled to Washington to meet with his foreign policy advisers and remained out of the public eye for more than 24 hours, a lifetime by his standards. Instead of appearing himself, he dispatched a succession of aides to TV news sets to explain that his position on abortion had not been fully formed, and that he simply "misspoke". The void left by the retreating Mr Trump was filled by his opponents, who took turns questioning his suitability for the presidency. "It just shows that he's really not prepared to be president of the United States," said John Kasich, a fellow Republican candidate, noting that Mr Trump had made "wild-eyed suggestions" about a variety of important issues before changing course. Mr Cruz remained on the campaign trail in Wisconsin, holding an event that he called a "celebration of women". Mr Trump's difficulties with female voters had come to the fore earlier in the week, after his campaign manager was charged with battery on a female reporter. The billionaire subsequently mocked the reporter, and refused to reprimand his adviser. After a week filled with gaffes and spent mostly on the defensive, Mr Trump has seen Mr Cruz open up a 10-point lead in what had been a neck-and-neck race in Wisconsin. While Mr Trump holds a commanding advantage in the Republican race, even some within his own party have suggested his weakness with women could be his undoing in a potential general election match-up with Hillary Clinton. Polls show the former secretary of state leading Mr Trump by an average of 11 points in such a scenario, with the gap widening to 16pc among women. Mrs Clinton, for her part, has slammed Mr Trump's comments on abortion as "outrageous and dangerous". The BBC reported that Mr Trump was holding anxious talks with party leaders as tensions grow over his loyalty and policies in his presidential bid. His meeting at the Republican National Committee (RNC) in Washington lasted 30 minutes but details were scant. Earlier in the week, Mr Trump said he would not back the eventual Republican candidate, breaking an RNC pledge he signed in the autumn. "I have been treated very unfairly. By basically the RNC," Mr Trump told CNN. Sources present at the RNC meeting on Thursday afternoon told CNN and Bloomberg that it focused on the summer convention ahead, and the pledge and abortion remarks were not discussed. "The chairman and Mr Trump had a productive conversation about the state of the race," said RNC spokeswoman Lindsay Walters. Mr Trump tweeted after the meeting that it was "very nice". Mr Trump is desperately trying to avoid a brokered convention in July, which would take place if he does not receive the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination. In such a scenario, party delegates would choose the nominee at the convention, meaning Trump could lose out on the nomination despite earning the most delegates. Ohio Governor John Kasich or Mr Cruz could win the nomination this way, with many in the Republican party uncomfortable with Mr Trump's performance on the campaign trail. Some insiders feel that the unprecedented explosion of criticism over the abortion remarks could be a goof too far for even the Donald. (© Daily Telegraph London and agencies) Telegraph.co.uk

2016-04-02 02:30 David Lawler www.independent.ie

11 Ray Kinsella: Europe is broken - and it won't be healed by denial Europe has lost its way. What makes it even worse is that all who are appalled at what is happening are caricatured by the establishment as 'extremist' or 'right-wing'. Not so; there are compelling reasons to oppose the direction in which Europe is being impelled, both politically and economically. This twin-crisis is now metastasising. The political crisis is dividing member states, one from another. The Schengen Agreement has collapsed. The pall of terrorism hangs across EU capital cities. Walls and barbed wire have opened up wide fissures across what is ostensibly a 'union'. The flood of refugees is reshuffled from one location to another, with 'huddled masses' existing in overcrowded and unsanitary camps. This is truly the stuff of nightmares. What is happening is not some random catastrophe visited upon Europe. It is, at least in part, a consequence of EU-endorsed western military intervention in Libya and Iraq; and, indirectly, of the failure to achieve stability with justice across the Israeli/Palestinian nexus. The European establishment have neither the humility to accept some culpability for what is happening nor the clarity of thought and strength of purpose to forge an effective and principled response. Worse, they have shown themselves willing to barter the EU's own principles, using EU visas and billions of Euros, to outsource the guardianship of the problem to Turkey. This is bleeding the credibility of all that 'Europe' ostensibly stands for. This political crisis is unfolding against the background of a protracted macroeconomic stasis in Europe. The ECB's most recent 'package' is being spun as a 'we will do what it takes' initiative to get some kind of traction for a 'recovery' in the Eurozone. It's nothing of the sort. It is the most obvious indication that, in macroeconomic policy, too, Europe has lost its way. The ECB is printing tens of billions of euro to buy government bonds, reducing its deposit rates further into negative territory with all of the distortions this generates. It is willing to pay commercial banks to borrow - to facilitate a 'bubble' in Corporate Bond issuance - but is not willing to countenance debt relief. This, too, is the stuff of nightmares. ECB governor Mario Draghi has asserted that there are 'no limits' to what the ECB will do in support of its present policy. But there should be limits. Its balance sheet is waterlogged. It is contravening its own rules not to engage in monetary financing of governments. The Bundesbank contested QE, aka bond buying, from the outset and they are being vindicated. Policy is being orchestrated to the agenda and the expectations of markets. This is obtuse. The markets have their own agenda and it's not always aligned to the common good. The European economy has been stalled, more or less, since the imposition of austerity on structurally weak, highly indebted member countries. The Eurozone's response, enabled by the ECB (a member of the Troika), has been a skewed, overly restrictive fiscal policy, combined with a 'loose' monetary policy aimed at increasing aggregate demand. What is increasingly apparent is that the ECB has misdiagnosed the underlying problem. Recent research suggests that the primary cause of stasis may not be a deficiency in aggregate demand - one that can be 'fixed' by printing currency and flooding it through the same model that created the problem. The problem arises from the impact on productivity of the misallocation of resources generated by the 2008 'credit boom'. If that is the case, printing money and negative interest rates will make things worse. Not alone is the ECB's approach not working, it is creating distortions in the global flow of savings. It doesn't begin to address the debt overhang. Both of these policy failures - political and macroeconomic - were spawned by flawed strategies and by the obdurate defence of these strategies. Each forms a backdrop to the other, as they merge and metastasise across peripheral Europe now confronted with an unprecedented inflow of refugees - and massive debt and refinancing problems. There is no sense of 'unity' about 'Europe' - no road maps to where policy ad hocery is taking us. Europe's culture, which lit up its foundational values, has been emasculated of its unifying Christian ethos and values. But it is these same values which have been objective reference points for serving the needs and upholding the rights of the individual and the community. A Europe that is ruled by the strong and enforces that rule through political power is no substitute. Europe has an identity crisis which it has, very largely, brought on itself - a crisis of values, democracy and macroeconomic imbalances that no amount of 'Summitry' waffle begins to address. Alternative approaches are being 'crowded-out' by political ad hocery and financial alchemy, aka QE. It continually asserts that just a little more of what hasn't already worked will resolve all problems. Whose orthodoxy is this anyway - and against what values is it legitimised? In war, as in economics, trust is central to engagement and resolution. There is no trust in Europe. The governance of the Eurozone is characterised by self-interest, subservience among weaker indebted members and, also, tenacity beyond all reason, in persisting with failed policies. The blame does not lie with what are dismissed as 'unorthodox populist parties'. The status quo is battened down across Europe. Hegemony has displaced solidarity. Any suggestion of a political and economic alternative to the existing model is caricatured. This is beyond foolish. It is dangerous to democracy. Eurosceptic political parties are not exploiting political and economic failure - they are drawing attention to it. The 'deal' negotiated by British Prime Minister David Cameron, however it is choreographed, does not change these realities. It seeks to insulate itself against all that is not working in Europe. In fact, a two-tier European Union is an absurdity dressed up as 'pragmatism'. Europe is being steered by an establishment in denial both of its own identity crisis and the need for change. The crisis in macroeconomic policy - and in the increasingly frenetic actions of the ECB - is exacerbating all of this. As Europe strains under multiple pressures and threatens to fracture, the need to look again at the sustainability of Europe in its present form and at a rebalancing of macroeconomic policy, crucially including debt relief, is not even in the script. A relationship gone wrong will never heal where there is denial and 'more of the same'. Sometimes there are no happy endings. Happy endings require openness to a different way of living and working together. Irish Independent

2016-04-02 02:30 Ray Kinsella www.independent.ie

12 Lexi Thompson, Ai Miyazato share ANA Inspiration lead RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Lexi Thompson powered her way to the top of the ANA Inspiration leaderboard Friday, using length and strength to counter the thick rough. "If you're going to hit it crooked out here, you might as well hit it far and crooked, so you have a shorter shot in," Thompson said. "But it's very thick. I had some really nasty lies out there. " Trying to win the major championship for the second time in three years, Thompson birdied the final hole for a 4- under 68 and a share of the second-round lead with Ai Miyazato at 7 under. Miyazato, tied for the first-round lead with Azahara Munoz, followed her opening 67 with a 70. The 30-year-old Japanese player also finished with a birdie, hitting to 2 feet on the par-5 ninth. Short off the tee and in stature at 5-foot-2, Miyazato is far more conservative than Thompson at tree-lined Mission Hills. "I don't really want to be too aggressive on this golf course," Miyazato said. "You need to be really patient and you need to be smart for the course management. " Top-ranked Lydia Ko (68) was a stroke back along with Suzann Pettersen (67), In Gee Chun (69), Lizette Salas (67), Sung Hyun Park (67) and Lee-Anne Pace (70). Michelle Wie (69) topped the group at 5 under, and 2011 winner Stacy Lewis (68) was another shot behind. The Kia Classic winner Sunday in Carlsbad, the 18-year-old Ko fought allergies that affected her vision. "I'm currently one-eye blind," Ko said. "I don't have very good eyesight, especially my left side is the worst, so it was really irritating me. Hopefully, it will be OK by tomorrow. " Thompson finished her morning round with a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th to reach 7 under. She had five birdies — three in a row on Nos. 12-14 — and one bogey. "I definitely could have shot a few shots lower out there, but I hit some bad shots out there, too, that I got away with it," Thompson said. "I recovered really well. That's what you have to do in majors. If you hit a bad shot, you have to pick yourself up and go to the next one. " That was evident after she drove into the right-side trees on the narrow par-4 16th. She escaped with a mighty hooked pitching wedge under the trees, leaving a 15-foot putt that she nearly holed for birdie. The winner in Thailand in February for her seventh tour title, she's using a new big-headed putter and has scrapped her eyes-closed routine and narrowed her stance. "It's a dramatic change," Thompson said. "Just changing to the Cure putter and a little bit different stance over the putts has given me a lot of confidence. I'm rolling it a lot better, and having my caddie, Benji (Thompson, no relation), line me up has helped me out a lot, too. " Miyazato rebounded from a bogey on the par-3 eighth with the birdie on No. 9 to set up a Saturday pairing with the long-hitting Thompson. "I played with her many times and I really like to play with her," Miyazato said. "It just doesn't matter this golf course if you hit long or not. You need to be really staying with your game. " Miyazato was third in the Kia Classic for her first top-10 finish since April 2013. Ranked No. 1 in the world for 11 weeks in 2010, the nine- time LPGA Tour winner is 90th now after climbing 67 spots Monday. Chun is returning from a back injury that sidelined her for a month. The U. S. Women's Open champion was hurt when she was struck by a hard-case suitcase that rival player Ha Na Jang's father dropped down an escalator at the Singapore airport. "During the time I had injury treatments back in Korea, I was so depressed and I lost my appetite and motivation," Chun said. "Once I got here, I began to get my motivation back. " Jang was 5 under after a 70. She bogeyed her final hole after a poor drive. "It was a really big miss off the tee," said Jang, a two-time winner this year. Wie holed out from 132 yards for eagle on the par-4 12th, her third hole of the day. "That was fun," Wie said. "I definitely felt like I could have made a lot more. I just felt like a blind person out there. I hit a lot of good putts. I just misread them slightly. " DIVOTS: Defending champion Brittany Lincicome, paired with Thompson, was 3 under after a 69. Last year, Lincicome eagled the final hole of regulation and beat Lewis on the third hole of a playoff. Lincicome also won the event in 2009. ... Munoz had a 78 to drop into a tie for 48th at 1 over. ... Amateurs Hannah O'Sullivan and Albane Valenzuela each shot 73 to make the cut. O'Sullivan, the U. S. Women's Amateur champion was 1 over, and Valenzuela 2 over. The 18-year-old O'Sullivan is a high school senior in Chandler, Arizona. Valenzuela, also 18, is from Switzerland.

2016-04-02 02:15 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

13 Local youths’ drug-free declarations adorn historic courthouse The We are HopeRX rally Friday featured high school students in the Historic Courthouse balcony, by their schools’ banners. L-R are East Henderson, Hendersonville, North, West and Balfour. Photo by Pete Zamplas. By Pete Zamplas- Dozens of local student leaders acted as peer pillars against pills and other harmful substances, climaxing HopeRx’s “We Are Hope” Week in schools on Good Friday by rallying in front of the Henderson County Historic Courthouse. Banners from each of 10 county public middle and high schools hung from the 111-year-old landmark’s six majestic columns on Friday, March 25. Each banner featured many signatures of students vowing to avoid illegal substances — prescription drugs not prescribed to them, marijuana, alcohol and tobacco. The youths set positive examples for their peers, and many also advise them when asked. Students signed those banners during lunch periods last week. Banners were distinguished by school mascots and colors. East Eagles are (L-R) Nathan Brown, Nick Lyons, Nicholas Romer, Isaac Erwin, Austin King, and Blakeley Bristol. Photo by Pete Zamplas. Banners on the balcony level were from Balfour Education Center and Early College; Hendersonville High School; and East, North and West Henderson. Lower-level banners were of Apple Valley, Flat Rock, Hendersonville and Rugby middle schools. County commissioners on March 16 declared We Are Hope Week in county schools, and several students spoke out. Many are in student governments. This is the HopeRx school campaign’s second year, and first with middle schools. Last week, speakers in school assemblies gave first-hand accounts of drug abuse and recovery. HopeRx, based at 841 Case St., was begun in 2013 by Don and Julie Huneycutt. Julie, a former local Rotary president, became HopeRx director two years ago. Don is a bank financial advisor. The Huneycutts told The Tribune they lost one of their four bright children, Anna, to a fatal prescription pill overdose six years ago this month. They are intent on helping prevent others from falling into the allure and physiological addictive trap, amidst what Julie notes is a “nationwide epidemic.” She said data shows more deaths annually in this country from opiate pills than car crashes. The Huneycutts also want families not to have to feel “heartache and pain” they did after Anna suddenly died at age 20, in 2010. They began Anna’s Hope in her honor in that year, then helped ignite broader-based HopeRx three years later. Tom Bridges, retired county health director, earmarked for HopeRx money out of Tom’s Bridge to the Community he set up via the Community Foundation of Henderson County. Henderson County Partnership for Health (HCPH) developed HopeRx on the Project Lazarus model in N. C. To prevent drug abuse and overdose, HopeRx in public and school forums warns of perils of trying prescription and other drugs — especially pain pills with strongly-addictive opiates. Tips include hiding or even locking up medicines, and disposing of unused prescriptions. HCPH seeks expanded treatment options, such as supervised access to antidote Naloxone to lessen risk of lethal opiate overdose. There is outpatient care for addicts locally, the Huneycutts noted, but state funding cuts cast away in-house rehab in the county. HCPH forged a tactical coalition of local schools, families, healthcare and emergency care providers, law enforcement, the judicial system, ABC board, shelters, churches and civic groups. Blue Ridge Community College and Wingate University’s local pharmacy school are involved. The Free Clinics of Henderson County is HopeRx’s fiscal agent. This Hendersonville Bearcat quintet is flanked by East’s Blakeley Bristol, at left. Photo by Pete Zamplas. Several civic leaders at the rally Friday praised students’ bold stands. Speakers were Henderson County Sheriff Charles McDonald, schools’ Asst. Supt. Bo Caldwell, Hendersonville Mayor Barbara Volk, and businessman and state senate hopeful Chuck Edwards. “This really is a matter of life and death,” said Sheriff McDonald, who decades ago went undercover to combat local drug operations. The sheriff has estimated that in recent years there are emergency responses to nearly ten overdoses per week in the county, triggering three to four deaths a month here — with most fatalities from misuse of prescription drugs. He understands youths’ pressures. “Everybody knows that we deal with hard things — day in, and day out in life” with even greater “hardships” for teens than in prior generations. He hailed the student leaders for shunning drug abuse “ambassadors of that hope” for a more drug-free future. Caldwell, who succeeds retiring David Jones as superintendent in July, also praised the youths at the rally. “You stood up” to “social media and the peer pressure,” he said. “You got your peers to stand up in this spotlight” and “continue their lives free of substance abuse.” He echoed how “it’s tough, being a teenager. Unfortunately, there are drugs and prescriptions you can get a hold of” such as for a legitimate treatment of pain or by swiping or buying what is legally prescribed to others. North (at left) and West Henderson students join forces with a Balfour student at right, in pledging to be illegal substance-free. Photo by Pete Zamplas. “It warms my heart to see all the signatures on these banners of these individuals,” Caldwell said, smiling at the display. He is proud “how the schools come together with unity. When you see young leaders standing out there … what a tremendous, bright future we have here in Henderson County. So, to the (student) leaders — a ‘job well done.’” The six East Henderson students at the rally spoke to The Tribune, right after it. They put on a play March 22 at the school, ahead of inspirational speaker Steve “Boulder” Dalton. They portrayed a span of student personalities — the adventurer, athlete, artisan, nerd and introvert — all vulnerable to falling prey to drugs. The “future of tomorrow’s generations” hinges on avoiding dangerous decisions, senior star hurdler and pole vaulter Nathan Brown said. Nicholas Romer, a junior, said realizing dangers of substance abuse is the pivotal step to avoiding their use and addiction. Positive peer reinforcement is critical, Brown said. This comes from “security in numbers,” to feel comfortable with a drug-free lifestyle. Isaac Erwin, a junior baseball standout, said “it’s very important to surround yourself with people with the same (core) beliefs.” Nick Lyons, a swift senior, starred as a football runner, basketball point guard and triple and long jumper. He said he does not see drugs used or passed around on East’s campus. The Eagles said they hear about candy-coated pills as an introductory lure, elsewhere in town. Lyons welcomes being a drug-free role model for peers and younger students. So does Blakeley Bristol, a junior star in volleyball and softball and the dance team. She said though availability of drugs is “easy” for youths, so is standing up for one’s anti-drug values. She likes to steer her own lifestyle, when in Asheville fashion or other social circles with adults. Anti-drug outreach to peers is a role. Sharp baseball hitter Romer said it can help to listen to distressed friends’ “family problems, such as their parents splitting up. It’s killing them. They need someone to talk to, and might need (professional) help.” Austin King, a junior, is a star distance runner and pole vaulter and also active in student clubs. He is concerned how studies indicate one in six high schoolers nationwide have tried illegal prescription drugs, and how dabbling can spawn addiction. King said it’s so much better to “learn from other people’s mistakes” with substance abuse, than to enter a lifelong battle with addiction. Indeed, these East Eagles were inspired by Dalton. The tall former Edneyville High star, now 52, owns Fruit of the Spirit Orchard and Vineyard. The East crew was moved by Dalton saying he was shattered and suicidal from addiction, but cleaned up his life and got his wife back. Roman Gabriel III of Boone, son of the former L. A. Ram all-pro and N. C. State quarterback, spoke to North and West Henderson assemblies Monday. He will speak to East and HHS, Julie Huneycutt noted. He urges youth to set goals, and avoid drugs as they impede one’s mental stability, reliability and productivity. HopeRx local speakers include Ashley Hare, Jessi Correa and Ed Serrano, Huneycutt said. “We want to build a speakers’ bureau, to tell their stories and spread hope and recovery.” For more on Hope RX, email Julie Huneycutt at [email protected] or check http://hoperx.org .

2016-04-02 03:41 By Pete www.thetribunepapers.com

14 Trump now says abortion laws should be left as is WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump now says abortion laws should not be changed. It's a pendulum swing for the Republican presidential contender on an issue that's caused him grief since he said earlier in the week there should be "some form of punishment" for women who get abortions if the procedure is outlawed. He backed off that remark under fierce criticism, saying if abortion were no longer legal, abortionists should be penalized for performing the procedure — not the women who have it. Now he's shifted anew, in a "Face The Nation" interview being broadcast Sunday. In an excerpt broadcast Friday on "CBS Evening News," Trump said about abortion: "The laws are set. And I think we have to leave it that way. " He declined several times to say whether he thinks abortion is murder. "I have my opinions on it, but I'd rather not comment on it," he said. Asked if he disagrees with those who consider the procedure to be murder, he said, "No, I don't disagree with it. " His spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said Trump meant that abortion laws won't change until he's president. "Then he will change the law through his judicial appointments and allow the states to protect the unborn," she said. That's not a distinction he made in the interview. The abortion-rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America responded partly tongue-in-cheek to Trump's comment that abortion laws should be left alone. "Donald Trump has seen the light," the group said in a statement, quickly adding, "April Fools. " The group's president, Ilyse Hogue, said Trump's grasp of abortion policy has been "all over the place this week" but added, "We know that misogyny would rule in a Trump White House and that never bodes well for reproductive health care or advancing women's equality. " Trump, the Republican front-runner, has hit a rough patch in his campaign as he heads into the Wisconsin primary Tuesday. His campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, has been charged with simple battery, accused of grabbing a reporter's arm. He faced a backlash for comments about rival Ted Cruz's wife and managed to displease both sides in the abortion debate with his now-retracted comment that women who get abortions should be punished. "I think I've had many bad weeks and I've had many good weeks," he said in the interview Friday. "I don't see this as the worst week in my campaign. "

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15 State finds cancer cluster near Oregon glassmaker PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials say they've discovered a small, statistically significant cluster of bladder cancer diagnoses in two North Portland neighborhoods near a glassmaking business. The Oregonian reports (http://goo.gl/l2F1sr ) it's the first time the state's investigation of community concerns about poisonous heavy metals in the air has uncovered a noteworthy cluster. Between 1999 and 2003, doctors diagnosed 12 people with bladder cancers in North Portland, more than twice the number state researchers expected to find. During the 15 years for which it has data, the state found a total of 22 bladder cancers diagnosed among people living in two Census tracts immediately surrounding Uroboros Glass. The state expected to find 15 cases. Bladder cancer is associated with the oral ingestion of arsenic, which the company has said it formerly used. State health official Katrina Hedberg cautioned against drawing conclusions, saying it isn't possible to attribute the cancers to any specific exposure. ___ Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com

2016-04-02 02:09 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

16 Qualifiers for the 2016 Masters AUGUSTA, Georgia (AP) — The 89 active players who have qualified for the 80th Masters, to be played April 7-10 at Augusta National Golf Club. The winner of this week's Shell Houston Open will get in if not already eligible. Players listed in only first category for which they qualify: MASTERS CHAMPIONS: Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel, Phil Mickelson, Angel Cabrera, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson, Mike Weir, Vijay Singh, Mark O'Meara, Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, Tom Watson. U. S. OPEN CHAMPIONS (five years): Martin Kaymer, Justin Rose, Webb Simpson, Rory McIlroy. BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONS (five years): Ernie Els, Darren Clarke. PGA CHAMPIONS (five years): Jason Day, Jason Dufner, Keegan Bradley. PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONS (three years): Rickie Fowler. U. S. AMATEUR CHAMPION AND RUNNER-UP: a-Bryson DeChambeau, a-Derek Bard. BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Romain Langasque. ASIAN AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Cheng Jin. LATIN AMERICA AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Paul Chaplet. U. S. MID-AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Sammy Schmitz TOP 12 AND TIES-2015 MASTERS: Hideki Matsuyama, Paul Casey, Ian Poulter, Dustin Johnson, Hunter Mahan, Charley Hoffman, Ryan Moore, Bill Haas, Kevin Streelman, Kevin Na. TOP FOUR AND TIES-2015 U. S. OPEN: Louis Oosthuizen, Branden Grace, Cameron Smith. TOP FOUR AND TIES-2015 BRITISH OPEN: Marc Leishman. PGA TOUR EVENT WINNERS SINCE 2015 MASTERS (FULL FEDEX CUP POINTS AWARDED): Chris Kirk, Steven Bowditch, David Lingmerth, Fabian Gomez, Danny Lee, Troy Merritt, Shane Lowry, Davis Love III, Emiliano Grillo, Smylie Kaufman, Justin Thomas, Russell Knox, Graeme McDowell, Kevin Kisner, Brandt Snedeker, Vaughn Taylor. FIELD FROM THE 2015 TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP: Henrik Stenson, Daniel Berger, Patrick Reed, Jimmy Walker, Robert Streb, J. B. Holmes, Scott Piercy, Matt Kuchar, Brooks Koepka, Harris English. TOP 50 FROM FINAL WORLD RANKING IN 2015: Sergio Garcia, Danny Willett, Byeong-Hun An, Thongchai Jaidee, Bernd Wiesberger, Victor Dubuisson, Andy Sullivan, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Anirban Lahiri, Billy Horschel, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Chris Wood, Soren Kjeldsen, Jamie Donaldson, Lee Westwood. TOP 50 FROM WORLD RANKING ON MARCH 28: Rafa Cabrera Bello.

2016-04-02 02:06 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

17 Bailey Gwynne case: Schoolboy killer jailed for nine years A teenager who stabbed a 16-year-old to death in an Aberdeen school has been jailed for nine years. Bailey Gwynne died after being stabbed in the heart at Cults Academy in October. His 16-year-old killer - who cannot be named for legal reasons - had denied murder but was convicted of the lesser charge of culpable homicide . He was sentenced by Lady Stacey at the High Court in Edinburgh. He will be supervised for two years after release. The boy was handed an eight-year sentence - and the supervision - for the killing, and another year for weapons offences. He will begin serving his sentence in a young offenders institution because of his age. The judge told him: "If you had not carried a knife, the exchange of insults between you and Bailey Gwynne would have led at worst to a fist fight - and certainly not loss of life. " Lady Stacey said the killer had shown "significant regret" and "understanding of the loss you have caused". She said he chose to buy weapons online and take them to school on several occasions which was a "very serious matter". The judge added: "Nothing that I can say, nor any sentence that I impose, will do anything to lessen the grief that Bailey Gwynne's family and friends feel. "The shock of his death at such a young age was felt in the wider community; nothing I can say or do can alleviate that. "I have decided that an extended sentence is the only appropriate disposal, taking into account all of the circumstances including your age. "I hope that will lead to you being both punished and helped towards rehabilitation while you are detained in a structured environment. "Following your release you will be supervised to maximise the chance of your successful re integration into society. " Defence counsel Ian Duguid said Bailey Gwynne's killer was an "ordinary, naive teenager" who recognised the gravity of what had happened. He said the teenager was "constantly monitored by psychiatric services", had post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and was medicated for nightmares and depression. The fight began after an argument about a biscuit. A jury at the High Court in Aberdeen took an hour and 40 minutes to find him guilty. Following the verdict, Bailey's mother said the outcome of trial would not bring her "beloved" son back. The youth was also found guilty of two further charges of having a knife and knuckleduster in school. Aberdeen City Council said the case had been "devastating" for the families affected and staff and pupils at Cults Academy. The findings of an independent review into the circumstances surrounding the death of Bailey Gwynne are expected to be published in September. BBC Scotland revealed concerns about the killer were voiced nine years ago when, as a primary pupil, he threw rocks at another child. The incident resulted in the victim being treated for concussion.

2016-04-02 00:55 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

18 Woods says he won't play the Masters Tiger Woods is going to Augusta National next week — to eat, not play. Woods made it official Friday night what most observers figured all along. Recovery from two back surgeries last year has not progressed to the point where he is ready to tee it up at the Masters. It will be the second time in the past three years that the four- time champion has not played the Masters. "After assessing the present condition of my back, and consulting with my medical team, I've decided it's prudent to miss this year's Masters," Woods said on his website. "I've been hitting balls and training daily, but I'm not physically ready. I've said all along that this time I need to be cautious and do what's best for my long-term health and career. "Unfortunately, playing Augusta next week wouldn't be the right decision. " Woods said he at least plans to attend the Champions Dinner on Tuesday night "and see a lot of friends. " Masters champion Jordan Spieth has said he will serve Texas barbecue. It will be the second social event in two months for Woods. He also showed up at the home of Jack Nicklaus in late February when Nicklaus hosted Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III, the vice captains (Woods is one of them) and prospective players. Woods first missed the 2014 Masters when he had back surgery a week earlier. He returned in June after the U. S. Open, took three more months off at the end of the year to get fit, and then ran into trouble with his back again last year. Woods tied for 10th in the Wyndham Championship in August, only to announce a month later that he had a second back surgery. He had a third back surgery on Oct. 28 that left his future more uncertain than ever. His statement Friday night, however, indicated progress without mentioning how much or when he might be back. "I'm absolutely making progress, and I'm really happy with how far I've come," Woods said. "But I still have no timetable to return to competitive golf. " Woods has said all along that he will not rush back. He turned 40 on Dec. 30, and his last victory was at the Bridgestone Invitational in August 2013.

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19 UN council sets stage for deployment of UN police to Burundi UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U. N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday setting the stage for deployment of U. N. police to Burundi, where killings, torture and increased disappearances have created a climate of fear and led more than 250,000 people to flee to neighboring countries. The resolution asks Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to consult Burundi's government and coordinate with the African Union and present options within 15 days for deployment of U. N. police in order to increase monitoring of the security situation, promote respect for human rights and advance the rule of law. Burundi has been hit by unrest since April 2015, when President Pierre Nkurunziza announced his decision to seek a third term, which he eventually won. His government has been wary of outside intervention, last year rejecting the idea of an AU peacekeeping force and calling foreign troops an "invasion. " The French-drafted resolution welcomes the consent of Burundi's authorities to increase the number of AU human rights observers from 100 to 200 and allow 100 AU military experts. It notes that 30 human rights observers and 15 military observers have been deployed so far. Burundi's U. N. Ambassador Albert Shingiro said the government "is ready to discuss and to come to an agreement on the nature, the size and the missions" of a U. N. police presence that is unarmed. He noted that the option of an "international unarmed presence" was a recommendation of the last AU heads of state summit. France's U. N. Ambassador Francois Delattre said the main objective of the resolution is to back African efforts to help Burundi emerge from its crisis. The resolution strongly condemns human rights violations including extra-judicial killings, sexual violence, torture, intimidation of civil society organizations and journalists and restrictions on fundamental freedoms. Two weeks ago, U. N. human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein told the council that many people in Burundi are living in "terror" with almost daily grenade attacks and arbitrary arrests, while the perpetrators go unpunished. The resolution reiterates deep concern at "the persisting political impasse in the country" and stresses the urgency of convening "a genuine and inclusive inter-Burundian dialogue. " The final draft was changed to overcome an objection from the United States. A reference to "disarmament" was removed from a section calling for the U. N. team to work with the government and other parties "in the areas of disarmament, security and rule of law. " U. S. deputy Ambassador David Pressman said any delay in launching the inter-Burundian dialogue risks "a much longer-term and much deadlier crisis," adding that the situation in the country is "beyond fragile. "

2016-04-02 00:45 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

20 BC-RGU--Super Rugby Glance,1st Ld-Writethru %ednotes(Eds: Completes. %bytitle(By The Associated Press%) ___ Highlanders 32, Western Force 20 Crusaders 43, Lions 37 Blues vs Jaguares, 0635 ACT vs. Chiefs, 0840 Kings vs. Sunwolves, 1505 Bulls vs. Cheetahs, 1710 New South Wales vs. Melbourne, 0605 Byes: Hurricanes, Queensland, Sharks, Stormers. ___ Chiefs vs. Blues, 0735 Western Force vs. Crusaders, 1100 Stormers vs. Sunwolves, 1700 Hurricanes vs. Jaguares, 0735 Queensland vs. Highlanders, 0940 Sharks vs. Lions, 1505 Kings vs. Bulls, 1705 Byes: ACT, Melbourne, New South Wales, Cheetahs.

2016-04-02 01:57 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

21 Yahoo - Yahoo Board of Directors Forms Independent Committee to Explore Strategic Alternatives --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ( : YHOO) today provided further details about its previous announcement that its Board of Directors is exploring strategic alternatives alongside its continued consideration of a reverse spin. The Board has formed a Strategic Review Committee of independent directors to lead this effort, with the assistance and support of management. The Strategic Review Committee has engaged , J. P. Morgan and PJT Partners Inc. as its financial advisors, and as its legal advisor. The Strategic Review Committee and its advisors are establishing a process for outreach to and engagement with potentially interested strategic and financial parties. The Strategic Review Committee will recommend to the Board whether any proposed transaction is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. "The Board recently formed an independent committee to conduct a process to evaluate strategic alternatives for the company. We have hired excellent advisors and are working closely and in alignment with management to pursue an effective process," said , Chairman of the Board. "The Board is thoroughly committed to exploring strategic alternatives while simultaneously supporting management and the employees in their implementation of Yahoo's strategic plan. We believe that pursuing these complementary paths is in the best interests of our shareholders and will maximize value. " "Separating our Alibaba stake from Yahoo's operating business is essential to maximizing value for our shareholders. In addition to the reverse spin, there are strategic alternatives that could help us achieve the separation, while strengthening our business," said , CEO of. "As both shareholders and employees, all of us here at want to return this iconic company to greatness. We can best achieve this by working with the committee to pursue various strategic alternatives while, in parallel, aggressively executing our strategic plan to strengthen our growth businesses and improve efficiency and profitability. " The Company does not intend to make any further disclosure regarding these matters until a definitive transaction agreement is reached or a determination has been made that none will be pursued. is a guide focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining our users. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. is headquartered in , and has offices located throughout the , (APAC) and the , and (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company's blog (yahoo.tumblr.com). This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning expected financial performance and strategic and operational plans (including, without limitation, quotations from management and the Board). Risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. There is no assurance that any formal strategic proposal will be made or that any strategic proposal will be on terms the Strategic Review Committee finds acceptable, and therefore there is no assurance that any transaction will occur, or if it does, as to its terms or timing. All information set forth in this press release and its attachments is as of. does not intend, and undertakes no duty, to update this information to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks related to acceptance by users of new products and services; risks related to ability to compete with new or existing competitors; reduction in spending by, or loss of, advertising customers; risks related to ability to continue to grow its mobile users and revenue; risks related to ability to continue to grow Mavens revenue; risks related to ability to provide innovative search experiences and other products and services that differentiate its services and generate significant traffic; risks associated with the Search Agreement with Microsoft Corporation; risks related to acquiring or developing compelling content; risks related to joint ventures and the integration of acquisitions; risks related to possible impairment of goodwill or other assets; risks related to ability to manage its operating expenses effectively; risks related to ability to protect its intellectual property and the value of its brands; adverse results in litigation; security breaches; interruptions or delays in the provision of services; risks related to regulatory environment; risks related to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; risks related to international operations; risks related to ability to recruit and retain key personnel; dependence on third parties for technology, services, content, and distribution; risks related to the calculation of our key operational metrics; and general economic conditions. More information about potential factors that could affect the Company's business and financial results is included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended , as amended, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended , which are on file with the and available on the website at www.sec.gov. Additional information will also be set forth in those sections in Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended , which will be filed with the in the first quarter of 2016.

2016-04-02 03:35 investor.yahoo.net

22 Yahoo - Yahoo Sports Partners With NHL to Bring Fans Free, Live Out-of-Market Games & On-Demand Premium Content No Cable or Authentication Required, Alliance Offers New Opportunities for Advertisers to Connect with Fans --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NASDAQ:YHOO) and the (NHL®) today announced a strategic alliance to deliver premium sports content to Yahoo Sports' millions of users. Now fans can access live, out-of-market games for free on , throughout the week, no cable subscription or authentication required. will offer unique advertising opportunities for brands to connect with their audiences, alongside and within this live and on-demand sports contents. Beginning , , in collaboration with the , will live stream an "Game of the Day" to hockey fans in the , up to four days a week, along with delivering in-game highlights for each game. This is in addition to the Wednesday and Sunday national games currently promoted by to its fans in partnership with. will also provide condensed games, "Best of the Day" and "Best of the Week" top plays and postgame highlights. also will continue to bring fantasy hockey highlights and our season-long game to fans around the world. "This alliance brings us one step closer to providing fans a live professional sporting event every day, on , completely frictionless and for free - no cable subscription or authentication required," said , VP, Media Partnerships at. "We remain committed to delivering the best digital content to our users and advertisers, and the NHL's premium content nicely complements our offering of live and on-demand partner content, including Yahoo/MLB's Game of the Day, content and our recently announced deal with the TOUR. " Building on the success of the NFL live stream on which drew more than 15 million viewers, is introducing new video advertising opportunities that will run within commercial breaks during the live streams of live sporting events, which includes and MLB games. Brands will have new ways to connect directly with an engaged audience of sports fans around this live video programming on , while using Yahoo's audience insights and retargeting capabilities to engage with viewers after a game concludes. The (NHL®), founded in 1917, consists of 30 , with players from more than 20 countries represented across team rosters, competing for the most revered trophy in professional sports - the Stanley Cup®. Each year, the entertains hundreds of millions of fans around the world. The League broadcasts games in more than 160 countries and territories through its rightsholders including /NBCSN in the , Sportsnet and in , and Viasat in the. The reaches fans worldwide with games available online in every country including via its live and on-demand streaming service NHL. TV™. Fans are engaged across the League's digital assets on mobile devices via the free app; across nine social media platforms; on SiriusXM NHL Network Radio™, and on NHL.com, available in eight languages and featuring an enhanced statistics platform powered by SAP, providing the definitive destination for hockey analytics. A historic media rights partnership between the and MLBAM has transformed the fan experience across the League's digital and broadcast assets, with an emphasis on deeper access into the game and enhanced storytelling. To celebrate the NHL's international diversity, the World Cup of Hockey will return in September, 2016, a best-on-best international tournament featuring eight teams comprised of the world's best hockey players. On Founder's Day in , the League will celebrate its Centennial anniversary, commemorating 100 years of hockey. The is committed to giving back to the community through programs including: Hockey is for Everyone™ which supports nonprofit youth hockey organizations across ; Hockey Fights Cancer™ which raises money and awareness for hockey's most important fight; NHL Green™ which is committed to the pursuit of sustainable business practices; and a partnership with the , which is committed to supporting the LGBT community and fighting homophobia in sports. For more information, visit NHL.com. and the NHL Shield are registered trademarks of the. All Rights Reserved. is a guide focused on informing, connecting, and entertaining our users. By creating highly personalized experiences for our users, we keep people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the world. In turn, we create value for advertisers by connecting them with the audiences that build their businesses. is headquartered in , and has offices located throughout the , (APAC) and the , and (EMEA) regions. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.net) or the Company's blog (yahoo.tumblr.com).

2016-04-02 03:35 investor.yahoo.net

23 Reuters: World News - powered by FeedBurner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will try to help foreign companies become more at ease doing business with Iran after last year's nuclear deal, but Tehran must also reassure them it is a safe place to invest, President Barack Obama said on Friday.

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24 IS leader Baghdadi will 'taste justice': US official The Pentagon warned Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi that he will eventually "taste justice" as the US military continues to target the jihadist group's upper ranks. "We are hunting him, and we will find him," military spokesman Colonel Steve Warren said. "Just like we found his mentor, (Abu Musab) al-Zarqawi and killed him. Just like we found the grand master of terrorism, Osama bin Laden, we killed him. We are going to find Baghdadi, and he will taste justice. " Warren's prediction comes after the US-led coalition has targeted several senior IS leaders in Iraq and Syria in recent weeks, including Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli -- also known as Haji Imam -- who was second-in-command of the extremist group. "I don't know if that justice will look like a Hellfire missile, or if it will look like a dark prison cell somewhere, but he will find justice one day," Warren said of Baghdadi. The US Justice Department had offered a bounty of up to $7 million for information leading to Qaduli. He had been seen as an eventual successor to Baghdadi, for whom a $10 million reward has been offered. Warren said Baghdadi spends his time in both Iraq and Syria, where the IS group seized large areas of territory in 2014. Pentagon chief Ashton Carter last week said the military was "systematically eliminating" the IS group's leadership. Omar al-Shishani, the man known as "Omar the Chechen," who was effectively IS's defense minister, was also killed last month.

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25 Obama: Trump 'doesn't know much' about foreign policy' Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama said Donald Trump's suggestion that Japan and South Korea should consider obtaining nuclear weapons demonstrates the Republican presidential front-runner's lack of understanding about foreign policy and the world at large.

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27 U. S. PGA Tour Latest Houston Open leaderboard April 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Latest leaderboard in the second round from the U. S. PGA Tour Houston Open at the par-72 course on Friday in Humble, Texas holes played rounds -10 Charley Hoffman (U. S.) 18 64 70 -9 Jamie Lovemark (U. S.) 18 67 68 -8 Chez Reavie (U. S.) 18 66 70 Dustin Johnson (U. S.) 17 65 Roberto Castro (U. S.) 15 65 Jamie Donaldson (Britain) 15 69 -7 Will MacKenzie (U. S.) 18 69 68 -6 Russell Henley (U. S.) 18 70 68 Charles Howell III (U. S.) 18 69 69 Kyle Stanley (U. S.) 14 69 Martin Laird (Britain) 16 68 Harris English (U. S.) 18 68 70 -5 Graham DeLaet (Canada) 16 67 Scott Pinckney (U. S.) 18 66 73 Lucas Glover (U. S.) 18 71 68 Andrew Loupe (U. S.) 18 67 72 Rickie Fowler (U. S.) 18 69 70 Scott Brown (U. S.) 18 65 74 Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 18 68 71 -4 Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 18 69 71 Kim Meen-Whee (Korea) 18 67 73 Kim Si-Woo (Korea) 18 69 71 Jordan Spieth (U. S.) 18 67 73 Patrick Reed (U. S.) 18 69 71 David Hearn (Canada) 18 70 70 Stuart Appleby (Australia) 18 69 71 Michael Kim (U. S.) 13 68 Jim Herman (U. S.) 14 69 Kyle Reifers (U. S.) 14 70 David Toms (U. S.) 18 70 70 Phil Mickelson (U. S.) 18 69 71 Steve Marino (U. S.) 18 67 73 Justin Hicks (U. S.) 18 66 74 Luke List (U. S.) 18 68 72 -3 Jason Kokrak (U. S.) 18 69 72 Tyrone Van Aswegen (South Africa) 18 71 70 Ernie Els (South Africa) 18 72 69 Rafael Campos (Puerto Rico) 13 69 Nick Taylor (Canada) 18 68 73 Gary Woodland (U. S.) 18 69 72 Daniel Berger (U. S.) 18 67 74 Jon Curran (U. S.) 18 67 74 Sean O'Hair (U. S.) 18 68 73 Brian Harman (U. S.) 18 67 74 Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 18 69 72 Boo Weekley (U. S.) 18 69 72 Matt Dobyns (U. S.) 13 69 -2 Andres Gonzales (U. S.) 18 69 73 Stewart Cink (U. S.) 18 69 73 Retief Goosen (South Africa) 18 71 71 Davis Love III (U. S.) 18 67 75 Erik Compton (U. S.) 18 72 70 Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 18 69 73 Zachary Blair (U. S.) 18 69 73 J. J. Henry (U. S.) 18 70 72 Cameron Smith (Australia) 16 69 Jhonattan Vegas (Venezuela) 14 69 Chad Collins (U. S.) 14 68 Chris Stroud (U. S.) 14 70 Colt Knost (U. S.) 14 71 Scott Piercy (U. S.) 18 68 74 Chesson Hadley (U. S.) 18 71 71 Matt Every (U. S.) 18 72 70 Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 18 70 72 Jonas Blixt (Sweden) 18 67 75 Johnson Wagner (U. S.) 18 66 76 Mark Hubbard (U. S.) 18 70 72 -1 Cameron Tringale (U. S.) 18 72 71 Noh Seung-Yul (Korea) 18 70 73 Jimmy Walker (U. S.) 18 70 73 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 18 71 72 Case Cochran (U. S.) 13 73 Spencer Levin (U. S.) 14 70 Steve Wheatcroft (U. S.) 14 69 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) 16 71 Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 18 71 72 Rhein Gibson (Australia) 18 73 70 Bryce Molder (U. S.) 18 71 72 D. A. Points (U. S.) 18 71 72 John Senden (Australia) 18 69 74 Ben Martin (U. S.) 18 68 75 Derek Fathauer (U. S.) 18 73 70 Ryan Palmer (U. S.) 18 69 74 Kang Sung-Hoon (Korea) 18 72 71 0 Will Wilcox (U. S.) 18 70 74 Robert Allenby (Australia) 18 72 72 Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 18 69 75 Kevin Chappell (U. S.) 18 70 74 Sebastian Vazquez (Mexico) 18 73 71 Greg Owen (Britain) 16 69 Tony Finau (U. S.) 18 68 76 Patrick Rodgers (U. S.) 18 70 74 Brendan Steele (U. S.) 18 70 74 Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 18 73 71 1 Patton Kizzire (U. S.) 18 74 71 Brooks Koepka (U. S.) 18 75 70 Adam Hadwin (Canada) 14 71 Dawie Van der Walt (South Africa) 18 74 71 Morgan Hoffmann (U. S.) 18 65 80 Jeff Overton (U. S.) 18 70 75 Steve Stricker (U. S.) 18 69 76 Matt Jones (Australia) 18 75 70 Kramer Hickok (U. S.) 14 73 Ben Crane (U. S.) 18 69 76 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 18 74 71 Peter Malnati (U. S.) 18 69 76 Shane Lowry (Ireland) 18 72 73 2 Kevin Streelman (U. S.) 18 72 74 Omar Uresti (U. S.) 13 73 William McGirt (U. S.) 18 70 76 Blayne Barber (U. S.) 18 76 70 Scott Langley (U. S.) 14 73 Scott Stallings (U. S.) 18 71 75 Vaughn Taylor (U. S.) 18 71 75 John Huh (U. S.) 18 74 72 3 Anirban Lahiri (India) 18 69 78 Hunter Mahan (U. S.) 18 76 71 Keegan Bradley (U. S.) 18 70 77 Rodolfo Cazaubon (Mexico) 18 74 73 Jason Gore (U. S.) 18 74 73 4 Carlos Ortiz (Mexico) 18 76 72 Lee Westwood (Britain) 18 70 78 Chad Campbell (U. S.) 18 71 77 Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 18 73 75 K. J. Choi (Korea) 18 74 74 5 Brendon De Jonge (Zimbabwe) 18 73 76 James Hahn (U. S.) 18 71 78 6 Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 18 74 76 Luke Guthrie (U. S.) 18 79 71 Hudson Swafford (U. S.) 18 74 76 Steven Bowditch (Australia) 18 76 74 Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 18 73 77 Andres Romero (Argentina) 16 74 7 Ricky Barnes (U. S.) 16 81 Brett Stegmaier (U. S.) 14 73 Ken Duke (U. S.) 18 73 78 Shawn Stefani (U. S.) 18 77 74 Harold Varner III (U. S.) 18 76 75 Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 18 73 78 10 Hiroshi Iwata (Japan) 18 78 76 11 Paul McConnell (U. S.) 18 75 80 Mike Weir (Canada) 18 76 79 4 WDW Charlie Beljan (U. S.) 81 9 WDW Alex Cejka (Germany) 76

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28 Rash of deaths prompt US warning over tainted drugs US authorities are sounding the alarm after nearly 40 people in California either overdosed or died from street drugs laced with fentanyl, a powerful painkiller. "The overdoses are occurring at an alarming rate and are the basis for this public safety alert," the US Drug Enforcement Administration said in a statement Friday. It said that since last week, 36 people had overdosed and nine had died in the region of Sacramento, California's capital, after ingesting pills laced with fentanyl. The victims ranged in age from 18 to 59. Fentanyl is an odorless substance considered to be 25 to 50 times more potent than heroin and 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. It is used to relieve severe pain during and after surgery and is often prescribed to cancer patients. Officials believe that pills tainted with the drug are being sold on the street under the guise of being hydrocodone, a prescription pain medication. Among the victims in Sacramento is a 28- year-old father of three who died after taking a tablet of what he believed was the narcotic Norco. Law enforcement officials say an illicit version of fentanyl has been spreading to the western part of the country in recent years through Mexican drug networks, after first surfacing in Midwestern cities. The fentanyl scare in California comes as the United States grapples with an epidemic of heroin and prescription drug abuse. President Barack Obama addressed the issue at a summit on drug abuse earlier this week, saying that more people were dying from opioid overdose in the United States than traffic accidents.

2016-04-02 01:47 Afp www.dailymail.co.uk

29 Musician calls files sexual battery lawsuit against former publicist Electronic band Tearist’s Yasmine Kittles says she has filed a sexual battery report with the Los Angeles Police Department against former music publicist Heathcliff Berru. Kittles is one of several women in the music industry who claimed earlier this year that she was sexually harassed or assaulted by Berru. She is the first woman of those who made accusations to pursue legal actions against Berru, who in January blamed his actions on drugs and alcohol. The LA-based musician claims in her complaint that Berru assaulted her in her LA home and in a New York bar in 2011, according to the LA Times. She made a statement about her complaint on her Facebook page on Thursday. 'As some of you may know, yesterday I filed criminal charges against Heathcliff Berru for sexual battery,’ she wrote. ‘After seeing how many women came forward after us I knew I had to do something more than just comment about it. ‘He has to be stopped and others like him have to know that women will report them. We have to stop the cycle. It will not be easy, and it's scary as hell. But we have the power to change things... if we want to. ‘Thank you for your words of support and strength. I am doing this for not just me but for all others to know they are not alone. And if I have to stand here alone to do it.... I f*****g will.’ In a statement to CBS News, Kittles’ attorney MIchael Bressler said that substance abuse - which is what Berru blamed his actions on - is no excuse for sexual assault. ‘What Mr. Berru does not say in his statements is that his actions were also illegal. While we believe that anyone struggling with substance abuse should seek immediate professional assistance, it is never — and I quote, never — an excuse for sexually assaulting women,’ he said. Allegations of sexual transgressions against the now-former CEO of Life or Death public relations first came to light when Amber Coffman, a singer and guitarist for the band Dirty Projectors, tweeted Monday about an encounter she had with Berru. Berru, who has represented D'Angelo, Tyler the Creator and RZA, eventually was forced to step down as CEO of Life or Death after several musical acts severed their ties with the firm over the allegations in January. At the time, Berru released a lengthy statement to LA Weekly, citing his 'losing battle against drugs and alcohol' as the underlying cause of his 'alleged inappropriate behavior' towards women. ‘I am deeply sorry for those who I have offended by my actions and how I have made certain women feel,’ he writes. ‘If I crossed the line of decency or respectfulness in situations when I was drunk and under the influence, there is no excuse of course.’ In his statement, however, Berru flatly denies ever drugging anyone for the purpose of taking sexual advantage of them. 'Nevertheless, I do not want to be the type of person who would let drugs or alcohol take command of his life and compromise how he treats people,' Berru goes on to say, adding that he will be checking into a drugs and alcohol rehabilitation facility to try and clean up his act. 'I have already lost my wife, abandoned my family, and destroyed those I love as a result of my shameful, embarrassing, unacceptable behavior,' he says in the statement. 'I deeply apologize to them as well.' 'I have already lost my wife, abandoned my family, and destroyed those I love as a result of my shameful, embarrassing, unacceptable behavior,' he says in the statement. 'I deeply apologize to them as well.' He concludes the letter by pointing out that the allegations against him do not reflect on Life or Death PR or its staff, headed by president Nick Dierl, who has replaced Berru as CEO following his resignation. ‘The company shouldn't have to deal with this distraction and I want Nick and the rest of the team to continue to do their good work while I take care of myself,’ Berru sums up. After Coffman wrote about her alleged encounter with Berru on Twitter, several other women came forward with their claims against him. Motormouthmedia owner Judy Miller Silverman wrote: 'I have flat out told people privately what he did and they still hired him’. Bethany Cosentino, a member of the band Best Coast, also wrote on Twitter: 'I was too freaked out to ever say anything. Seriously, he's not a good person on any level’. Cosentino called Berru a 'scumbag' and thanked Coffman for coming forward. Beth Martinez, a music publicist at Danger Village PR, also tweeted an account of Berru's alleged behavior in which she claims he 'repeatedly put his hand down my shirt while driving me home after I told him to stop many times’. Martinez wrote that she is 'fairly certain I've been roofied by him or members of his crew on more than one occasion’. She continued: 'I was really afraid that if I told anyone or did anything, it would hurt my career.' Martika Finch, a coordinator at Bonnaroo, claimed to have had a similar experience with Berru, saying in a tweet that the publicist harassed her at a music festival a couple of years ago and she told him to leave her alone. In an email sent to Brooklyn Magazine, Brooklyn musician singer Roxy Lange said that she too was assaulted by Berru in 2007, when she was 21 years old.

2016-04-02 01:47 Kelly Mclaughlin www.dailymail.co.uk

30 John Carver applies for vacant Aston Villa role Former Newcastle boss John Carver has applied for the vacant position at Aston Villa. The 51- year-old won just three of 20 games in charge of his hometown club Newcastle last season and was not kept on in the summer, ending a long association with the St James' Park outfit. He is ready to return to management, though, and says he has put in to replace Remi Garde at Villa Park. "I have (applied) yes, via my agent," Carver told BBC Radio 5 Live. "I haven't heard anything yet, though. "I think whatever they do, they have to do it reasonably quickly to get a steal on everybody else. " Villa and Garde parted company in midweek, with the Frenchman unable to arrest a slide towards the Championship. The likes of Steve Bruce, Garry Monk and Nigel Pearson have all been linked with the job.

2016-04-02 01:46 Press Association www.dailymail.co.uk

31 Flying while Muslim, family edition: Mom says airline’s “safety issues” had to do with “how we look” Topics: Race , united airlines , Muslimism , Air Travel , Life News Ever since 9/11, the threat of terror has become such a convenient excuse for straight up paranoia that it’s hard to tell what’s legitimate concern and what’s just everyday racism. And in few places is that more evident than up in the skies. This week, Illinois mother of three Eaman-Amy Saad Shebley went public with her story of how she says she and her husband and kids were kicked off a United flight to Washington D. C., “no reason other than how we look.” But is that what happened, or was it simple issue of seating safety? In a March 30 Facebook post she encouraged to go viral, Shebley wrote, “Shame on you #unitedAirlines for profiling my family and me for no reason other than how we look and kicking us off the plane for ‘safety flight issues’ on our flight to DC for the kids spring break. My three kids are too young to have experienced this. SHARE so that we Americans stand together to stop discrimination. Everyone please SHARE via Facebook and Twitter…. Hashtag #unitedAirlines #discrimination It’s definitely a trend with #Unitedairlines flights from Chicago to DC, remember #TaheraAhmad.” She was referring to the young Muslim chaplain who last year had her own issues with United. Back in May, Tahera Ahmad claimed she was wearing her hijab when she asked — for hygiene reasons — for an unopened can of soda from a flight attendant — and was refused when the woman told her, ‘I just can’t give you an unopened can, so no Diet Coke for you’… We are unauthorized to give unopened cans to people because they may use it as a weapon on the plane.” She claimed another passenger then jumped in to the fray, telling her, “You know you would use it as a weapon, so shut the f__k up.” A few days later, the airline issued a statement that “Ms. Ahmad was our customer and we apologize to her for what occurred on the flight. After investigating this matter, United has ensured that the flight attendant, a Shuttle America employee, will no longer serve United customers.” In her post, Saad Shebley shared two videos, one in which a flight attendant asks the family to deplane, and another in which the captain does. When asked why he’s removing them, he says, “Because it’s my decision.” She volleys back, “Is it a discriminatory decision?” and he tells her, “It’s a safety of flight issue.”

2016-04-02 03:22 Mary Elizabeth salon.com.feedsportal.com

32 More obese people in the world than underweight, says study There are now more adults in the world classified as obese than underweight, a major study has suggested. The research, led by scientists from Imperial College London and published in The Lancet , compared body mass index (BMI) among almost 20 million adult men and women from 1975 to 2014. It found obesity in men has tripled and more than doubled in women. Lead author Prof Majid Ezzat said it was an "epidemic of severe obesity" and urged governments to act. The study, which pooled data from adults in 186 countries, found that the number of obese people worldwide had risen from 105 million in 1975 to 641 million in 2014. Meanwhile the number of underweight people had risen from 330 million to 462 million over the same period. Global obesity rates among men went up from 3.2% in 1975 to 10.8%, while among women they rose from 6.4 % in 1975 to 14.9%. This equates to 266 million obese men and 375 million obese women in the world in 2014, the study said. The research also predicted that the probability of reaching the World Health Organization's global obesity target - which aims for no rise in obesity above 2010 levels by 2025 - would be "close to zero". The clinical definition of obese is a BMI - a measurement that relates weight and height - of 30 kilograms per metre squared (kg/m2). Prof Ezzati said: "Our research has shown that over 40 years we have transitioned from a world in which underweight prevalence was more than double that of obesity, to one in which more people are obese than underweight. "Although it is reassuring that the number of underweight individuals has decreased over the last four decades, global obesity has reached crisis point. " "We hope these findings create an imperative to shift responsibility from the individual to governments and to develop and implement policies to address obesity. "For instance, unless we make healthy food options like fresh fruits and vegetables affordable for everyone and increase the price of unhealthy processed foods, the situation is unlikely to change. " The research also found: The team also examined the number of people who are underweight, and over the same time period the study suggested the rates had fallen from 14% to 9% in men, and 15% to 10% in women. Prof George Davey Smith from the School of Social and Community Medicine at the University of Bristol writes in the same journal of the danger of becoming "a fatter, healthier, but more unequal world". "A focus on obesity at the expense of recognition of the substantial remaining burden of under- nutrition threatens to divert resources away from disorders that affect the poor to those that are more likely to affect the wealthier in low income countries," he said. Other statistics from the study include: Jamie Blackshaw, National lead for Obesity and Healthy Weight, Public Health England, said: "People who are overweight and obese suffer life-changing consequences and it costs the NHS more than £6 billion a year. The causes of obesity are complex and the environment we live in encourages poor diets and low levels of physical activity. "There is no single solution, we have to address the many factors that drive up obesity levels. We all - government, industry, local authorities and the public - have a role to play in that. "That's why we're supporting the government to develop its childhood obesity strategy, we're running the world's first national diabetes prevention programme and we're currently piloting, with local councils and Leeds Beckett University, a whole systems approach to tackling obesity. "

2016-04-02 03:22 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

33 Exit campaigners say living wage will attract EU workers Two cabinet ministers campaigning to leave the EU say the National Living Wage will attract workers from poorer EU states looking for a pay rise. Chancellor George Osborne said it meant "Britain is getting a pay rise" and millions of workers would benefit. But John Whittingdale and Chris Grayling said the best way to ensure British people were the main beneficiaries was by leaving the EU. The £7.20-an-hour minimum wage will apply to workers aged 25 and over. It is a 50p-an-hour increase on the National Minimum Wage of £6.70 an hour - to which workers aged 21 to 24 are still entitled. The National Living Wage, announced in last year's Budget, is set to rise to £9 an hour by 2020, as part of government attempts to cut the numbers of low paid workers relying on in-work benefits, such as tax credits. Mr Osborne said: "We said that Britain deserved a pay rise and today Britain is getting a pay rise. " David Cameron secured cuts to in-work benefits for new arrivals as part of his EU reform deal, claiming that it would reduce a major "pull factor" attracting migrant EU workers to the UK. But exit campaigners have suggested that Mr Cameron's reforms will be rendered ineffective by the increasing level of the minimum wage which, they say, will be a pull factor in itself. But Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, one of four cabinet members who want Britain to leave the EU, said the National Living Wage was a "great idea". But he told The Times the policy "will fuel even higher levels of immigration" from EU workers seeking higher wages - putting a strain on public services. Commons Leader Mr Grayling told BBC News that the National Living Wage was the "right thing for working people in this country". But he added: "The Living Wage certainly makes it more attractive for somebody to move to the United Kingdom to get a job because it increases the differentials with other countries. "The best way of addressing that is to ensure that we can put in place controls and of course those controls cannot be in place as long as we are members of the European Union. " The cabinet is split over the EU referendum with 17 full members in favour of staying in and four wanting to leave. Asked whether the National Living Wage would increase EU immigration, Treasury Minister David Gauke said: "I don't think it will. I think you have to put it in the context of what else we are doing as a government, including the changes to in-work benefits. " And the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign accused Leave campaigners of an "inherent antipathy to using the clout of government to raise wages for the very lowest paid". A spokesman added: "Leave campaigners have admitted that leaving the EU won't necessarily end freedom of movement. Norway and Switzerland, for example, are both outside of the EU but have free movement. " A government report on the National Minimum Wage , based on amounts at the end of 2015, suggested the UK's £6.70-an-hour for those aged 21 and older was among the highest in Europe. But the government says it is not clear how other EU countries will increase their minimum wages and believes its changes to welfare rules will address the pull factor for EU migrants.

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34 Fox News host begs GOP candidates to stop answering questions the American public doesn’t like their answers to Topics: Eric Bolling , Greg Gutfeld , The Five , Fox News , Video , Elections 2016 , Donald Trump , women's issues , Abortion , lgbtq rights , Elections News , News , Politics News On Thursday night’s episode of The Five, co-host Eric Bolling — fresh off his guest-hosting duties on The O’Reilly Factor — proposed that the best way for GOP candidates to avoid being tricked into saying terrible things about social issues would be to simply refuse to answer questions about them. Co-host Greg Gutfeld noted that when Trump claimed that there conservatives who believe that women who receive illegal abortions should be prosecuted, he was flabbergasted, as “I don’t know a single one.” Melissa Francis, another panelist, agreed — and echoing Marc Thiessen’s complaints to Megyn Kelly earlier that evening , added that “he managed to offend everyone with one single answer. I felt like he was playing Jeopardy, he kept saying ‘The answer is, the answer is.'” Bolling suggested that the ideal “answer” would be a bitten tongue, but Gutfeld wasn’t satisfied by that. “You don’t want a president who’s prepared?” he asked.

2016-04-02 01:05 Scott Eric salon.com.feedsportal.com

35 Former British colony Australia says it wants Britain to stay in EU SYDNEY, April 2 (Reuters) - The former British colony of Australia wants Britain to stay in the European Union, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said, weeks before Britain holds a referendum on EU membership. Bishop told reporters in Washington that "a strong UK as part of the European Union would be in Australia's interests", according to the Australian Associated Press. Bishop said that she told British Prime Minister David Cameron of the Australian position at a meeting in Washington on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit, AAP said. Britain holds a referendum on EU membership on June 23. Britain's entry into the Common Market in 1973 was widely considered a betrayal in Australia, upending decades of tradition and a host of tariff agreements. But now Britain takes only 2.5 percent of Australia's exports, while China takes more than 31 percent. Supporters of Britain's exit from the European Union argue that "family ties" with Commonwealth members such as Australia could compensate for the partial loss of Europe's 444 million customers. David Davis, a Conservative MP and die-hard eurosceptic, outlined their ambitions in a recent exhaustive speech. "This is an opportunity to renew our strong relationships with Commonwealth and Anglosphere countries," he said. "These parts of the world are growing faster than Europe. We share history, culture and language. We even share similar legal systems. The usual barriers to trade are largely absent. " (Reporting by Tom Westbrook; Editing by Nick Macfie)

2016-04-02 01:38 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

36 Jodi Anasta leads the fashionable fillies at Championships Day Jodi Anasta was certainly dressed to impress when she arrived at The Championships race day on Saturday. Stepping out at Sydney's Royal Randwick racecourse, the 31-year-old actress and model stepped out in a stunning Mr Self Portrait designed jumpsuit. Made of a delicate sheer fabric, the bodice of the jumpsuit was embellished with white embroidered and laced detail which extended to the sleeves. Puffy black cuffs added an extra dimension to the ensemble, while white frilly panels down the front and matching crisp collar accentuated the sophistication of the designer number. The jumpsuit perfectly hugged Jodi's trim pins, and was teamed with a pair of matching black heels. As per usual, the majestic millinery worn at the races is a major part of trackside style. And Jodi was certainly in with a good chance of leading celebrity fashions on the field, as she opted for a stunning headpiece designed by celebrity milliner Viktoria Novak. The delicate black headband was embellished with bold gold beads, sitting perfectly on her head while her dark brown tresses were tied back in a low ponytail. She also wore a pair of statement gold earrings featuring black gemstones in the centre, the bold bling designed by Chelsea De Luca. The mother-of-one completed her look with a chic Mon Purse clutch, while her makeup was applied to perfection to highlight her gorgeous facial features. Also wearing black on the day was fellow Myer model Jennifer Hawkins. The 32-year- old former Miss Universe wore a Toni Maticevski dress, the sleeveless number featuring a high neckline, though still designed in a way to showcase some flesh in other places. Jennifer's dress was cut high on the side, allowing a generous glimpse of her slender pins to be on show for all to see. The frilly detailed frock was teamed with a Viktoria Novak headpiece as well, the floral crown perfectly placed on her head with her blonde locks pulled back in a chic bun. Meanwhile fellow pageant princess Rachael Finch decided to go in a different direction, ditching the black for an elegant white outfit. The 27-year-old former Miss Universe Australia wore a mini Toni Maticevski frock.

2016-04-02 01:38 Alicia Vrajlal www.dailymail.co.uk

37 Model mom dead in car for THREE DAYS with her alive children Frisco, Texas has been shocked by the death of local mom Christine Thi Woo, who was found dead in her car Thursday after going missing for three days. Her body was found alongside her three still-children who were severely dehydrated. She vanished on Monday, along with her children Lauren Woo, 5, Nathan Woo, 3, and Leah Woo, 1. Her husband Brandon said she had disappeared on an ordinary day and described her as a 'rock' and a 'lioness'. But locals who knew the woman say she seemed 'overwhelmed' and 'depressed'. Scroll down for videos Quynh Chau, who runs a nonprofit called The Source of Hope, told WFAA 8 that Christine Woo had recently contacted her and seemed depressed. She said the mother had promised to attend an event to help the homeless but didn’t show up. 'She cried out to us and I could hear that in the sense of her voice,' Chau told News 8 hours before SUV was found. 'I wish so much that I could do something to reach out to her.' But Tan's executive assistant, Chardé Carbonell, said that Christine Woo's enthusiasm had waned dramatically since the kids enrolled in December. She said the mom had talked to her on the phone for weeks gathering information before enrolling the children, but the parents' visits became inconsistent, and they would ask to 'take a break' or skip lessons. 'She seemed overwhelmed,' Carbonell said. Woo's body was found in her SUV in a Target department store parking lot in the Dallas suburb of McKinney about 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Spokesman Benito Vasquez says her children were examined at a hospital for extreme dehydration but are otherwise in good health. Police spokesman Jeff Inmon says an autopsy will be conducted to determine how the woman died though there are no signs of trauma to her body, according to the Dallas News. Woo's husband Brandon Woo reported Tuesday afternoon that his and children had been missing since Monday morning. 'I kissed them goodbye as I always do, went out the door like I always do, come home that day and they were gone. Not there,' he told Fox, adding that his wife had left her cellphone at home. 'Got to the house, no kids, no wife, so I’m thinking, "OK they may be out at the playground, shopping, somewhere," so I give her a call, call her cellphone. Cellphone rings in the other room,' he said. 'She doesn’t have her cellphone, can’t track her from her cellphone,' Woo told NBC5. Police say that prior to her death, Woo used her credit card at a Walgreens near her home and was captured on surveillance footage with her children inside the store. She and her children were later spotted on video at a McDonald's. Police said earlier in the week that the family does not have a history of problems nor did Woo have any known medical or mental issues. Brandon Woo told NBC5 that stayed up all night worrying. The Woos are music enthusiasts and Brandon and his wife would spend Saturdays 7 Notes Music School in Frisco with the children. 'Our deepest condolences to the Woo Family for the loss of their mother Christine Woo. Christine & Brandon Woo brought their three children every Saturday to 7 Notes and spent their entire day here. 'They brought their children to separate classes, Brandon went to the baby and toddler classes and Christine brought Lauren to Yamaha Group Piano. Please pray for this family,' the school wrote in a heartbreaking Facebook post.

2016-04-02 01:38 James Wilkinson www.dailymail.co.uk

38 Mississippi vs. Everyone: State’s pushing obscene law that’s not only anti-LGBT, it could also force women to wear makeup Topics: Mississippi , Phil Bryant , anti-gay , anti-LGBT , mississippi religious freedom , News , Politics News The 2016 legislative session has been a competition between red states to see who can pass the most hateful anti-LGBT bills under the guise of “religious freedom,’ but Mississippi state Republicans look like they’re going to emerge the winner. Friday, the state house passed the final version of a bill meant to protect and encourage business owners in the state to discriminate against LGBT people, while simultaneously enshrining, in violation of the constitution, the idea that conservative Christianity is the only legitimate religion. But, because they have to win the war of the Bible-thumpers, Mississippi Republicans went a step further than other states that have passed similar anti-gay bills. This law not only protects discrimination against LGBT people, but against any person who has sex outside of marriage. It also makes it easier for employers and schools to strictly police the way you dress to make sure it’s masculine or feminine enough. If your boss thinks proper ladies wear make-up, he can cite “religious freedom” as a reason to force you to do so, and the law will protect him for it. The state laid out three religious beliefs that give business owners broad permission to discriminate against people on the basis of: These are, to be clear, the only religious beliefs the state deems worthy of extra-special protection. If you belong to a church that doesn’t preach hate — and there are many faiths, both Christian and otherwise, that accept LGBT people and don’t think premarital sex is a sin — too bad, so sad. The state of Mississippi doesn’t think your religion is a legitimate one. The only faith deemed worthy of this kind of legislation is the kind that teaches that religion’s purpose is in policing other people’s sexual behaviors. The bill then goes on to offer two levels of protection for bigots who want to discriminate, with religious organizations getting broad rights and private persons and business owners getting somewhat less expansive, but still terrifying rights. Religious organizations are allowed to deny employment, housing, and other services. Private businesses are allowed to deny any marriage- related services (including jewelry selling) to anyone who meets the three criteria. State employees can refuse marriage licenses, as well, and they are offered special protections to “express” the above religious beliefs. Which means that if you work for the state and enjoy haranguing gay coworkers or single women about how they’re going to hell, it will be close to impossible to fire you for it. To be clear, being able to discriminate against gay people, transgender people and fornicators is already legal, to one extent or another, in Mississippi. What this law does is deny the state the right to “discriminate” against anyone who would do so. That might seem minor, but in reality, removing any threat of losing government money or contracts for forcing your bigoted religious beliefs on others is actually a pretty strong check on a lot of this behavior.

2016-04-02 01:05 Amanda Marcotte salon.com.feedsportal.com

39 Rush Limbaugh makes history by being right for first time: While sizing up GOP candidates, declares “everybody sucks” Topics: Rush Limbaugh , Donald Trump , Mitt Romney , Hillary Clinton , Bernie Sanders , Ted Cruz , John Kasich , PPP , Elections 2016 , Elections News , Media News , Politics News Responding to PPP poll results released Thursday revealing net negative favorability ratings for all but one primary candidate, blowhard radio host Rush Limbaugh came to the conclusion that “everybody sucks.” The automated poll found that of all remaining candidates (and Mitt Romney, for whatever reason) only the biggest loser, John Kasich, has a net positive favorability — though his 41:39 approval/disapproval split falls within the margin of error (+/-3). “Kasich also happens to be the one the least heard from,” Limbaugh theorized during his syndicated show Friday. “So I think that’s how you chalk it up.” “I mean, if you want a campaign slogan for 2016, I mean, ‘Everybody sucks,’” he continued. “Other than Kasich, everybody is disliked by a far greater number of people than like them.” (h/t Politico )

2016-04-02 01:05 Brendan Gauthier salon.com.feedsportal.com

40 “We’re making gains in the majority community”: Thanks, John Kasich, for reminding us just how racist you can be Topics: Gov. John Kasich , infant mortality rate , chuck todd , Elections 2016 , Elections News , Social News , Media News , Politics News During his MSNBC town hall interview Wednesday night, Ohio Gov. John Kasich quietly breached the divide between ignorable bigotry and active racism. Asked by moderator Chuck Todd to expound on a recent report ranking Ohio the sixth worst state to raise a black child, Kasich touted his infant mortality prevention program’s success in the state’s white communities. “So I don’t know about all that study,” Kasich continued. “And the community itself is going to have to have a better partnership with all of us to begin to solve that problem with infant mortality in the minority community, because we’re making gains in the majority community.”

2016-04-02 01:05 Brendan Gauthier salon.com.feedsportal.com

41 Chicago police 'confident' selfie shooting video not hoax CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago investigators have no reason to question the authenticity of a social media posting that seems to show a man taking a selfie video being struck by gunfire, a police spokesman said Friday. The video, which police found during a now-standard online search following a shooting Thursday on the city's South Side, shows a man chatting into a camera on a street during daylight hours when what appear to be shots ring out. An apparent gunman is seen stepping over the cameras lens and extending his arms as he fires more than a dozen times. "We are confident (it) isn't a hoax," Anthony Guglielmi, the police spokesman, said in a brief statement emailed Friday afternoon. Guglielmi said the 31-year-old victim was in critical condition in hospital. He added the man was known to police and that detectives were waiting to speak with him. Investigators were exploring whether the man videoing himself was targeted in retaliation for previous violence, he said. The gunman fled and no suspect is in custody. There is no indication the man was hit inadvertently or that it was a case of mistaken identity, said Guglielmi, the police department's communications director. "He was certainly targeted," he said. "We are trying to find out why. " Among the theories investigators are considering is that the shooting might have been in retaliation for taunting rival street-gang members live online. Another possibility is that the man taking the selfie was taunting rivals after straying purposely into another gang's territory, Guglielmi said. In gang-related shootings, investigators typically search social media sites for clues when a call comes in. In this case, they found the video on Facebook, Guglielmi said. "More and more of these incidents either originate or escalate from some type of activity that is on a social media platform," Guglielmi said. The term police use for the phenomenon, he said, is 'cyber-banging.' In the video, the man smiles as he looks into the camera, turns around with the camera focused on him and talks about a small store behind him. Some people can be seen standing on a sidewalk nearby. A few seconds before shooting starts, he says, "I can't be out here without the store being open. " He adds, "I need somewhere to duck and hide for cover. " He glances to his right a split second before the first sounds of gunfire. After about 30 seconds of silence, people can be heard talking about rushing to the hospital. And then a woman is heard crying and screaming, "Oh my God, no!... I don't believe this! " ___ Associated Press writer Carla K. Johnson contributed to this report.

2016-04-02 01:35 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

42 El Salvador Congress backs measures to combat gangs in prisons SAN SALVADOR, April 1 (Reuters) - El Salvador's Congress approved on Friday a series of measures to regain control of its prisons and stem a tide of gang warfare that has made the country one of the most violent in the world. Congress unanimously approved 14 measures to suspend hearings, restrict movement in prisons, ban visits for one year and concentrate gang members in certain penitentiaries. The legislature also authorized the government to impose sanctions on telecommunication firms that do not block cell phone signals inside prisons, where gang members give orders to kill, extort or sell drugs. The measures will be implemented in seven prisons in the Central American country where gang members are concentrated. Gang violence fueled a 70 percent jump in El Salvador's murder rate last year, putting it into contention to overtake Honduras as the world's most murderous nation. Worse followed: In the first two months of the year, homicides were up 118 percent. Spokesmen for the gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and its rival Barrio 18 said they would reduce homicides if the government did not go ahead with the measures, but authorities said they would not negotiate with them. (Reporting by Nelson Renteria; Editing by Leslie Adler)

2016-04-02 01:32 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

43 This Morning agony aunt Denise Robertson dies Denise Robertson, resident agony aunt for ITV's This Morning, has died aged 83. She revealed in February that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The programme posted the news on its Twitter account, writing : "Such sad news - our friend and colleague Denise Robertson has lost her short but determined battle against cancer. " Robertson, from Sunderland, had been with the programme since it began in 1988. Robertson's family said in a statement read out on Friday's show that it was "with the deepest possible sorrow" they announced the passing of "a very great lady". "The world has lost an extraordinary woman," they said. This Morning presenter Ruth Langsford led the tributes on the programme, announcing the "terribly sad news" about "our beloved Denise". Colleague Holly Willoughby said: "Whatever she did on screen, it was the tip of the iceberg really, because she continued to help people behind the scenes. "She was a real fighter for everybody. " Presenter Phillip Schofield said the news was "absolutely heartbreaking". Former colleague Richard Madeley, who presented the show with wife Judy Finnigan from 1988 to 2001, told the BBC that Robertson "was probably the best agony aunt in the business". "What very few people will know, the viewers certainly won't know this, is that when a show was over Denise would stay in the phone-in room sometimes for hours, well into the afternoon, talking to people, who hadn't been able to get on the air or continuing to counsel people who had," he said. "She'd give up so much of her time and she made a difference. She was a truly, truly, wonderful, warm-hearted and wise woman. " Paul O'Grady who appeared on This Morning with Denise as his alter ego Lily Savage in the early days of the show has paid tribute, saying he was "absolutely mad on Denise. " He rang in to This Morning and told Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford "she was a truth northern lass - she spoke her mind. " "She was feisty, she was warm, she very genuine. I'm going to miss her wisdom and her feistiness. "She brightened people's lives and she certainly enhanced mine. " He also pointed out she was a "great writer". Robertson wrote 17 novels and published a number of advice books. Robertson's This Morning colleagues continue to pay tribute on Twitter. Soap expert Sharon Marshall tweeted : "I loved you my darling Denise. Thank you for days shrieking with laughter, the gin, the gossip and the friendship. " Rylan Clark-Neal tweeted : "Devastated. The nicest and kindest woman in tele. Will miss her so much. She'll always be the only woman for me. " Finance expert Martin Lewis wrote : "No! A wonderful lady. Even behind scenes like a rottweiler helping those who got in touch - making many lives better. " Stylist Gok Wan tweeted : "The saddest news of the beautiful Denise passing. RIP darling and I'm sorry we never got to make that beautiful coat you wanted X" In a statement read out by This Morning presenter Ruth Langsford in mid-February, Robertson said her diagnosis had come as a surprise but she did not plan to "give up without a fight". She also thanked the viewers of the show who had been concerned about her health. Her popularity on the show led to her being offered her own TV show, Dear Denise, in 2000, and she was appointed an MBE in 2006 for services to broadcasting and to charity. The agony aunt was also a regular fixture on Channel 5's Big Brother's Bit On The Side. She also had her own advice website and wrote a column for Candis magazine. Robertson lost her first husband Alex Robertson to lung cancer in 1972, but kept his surname when she remarried. In 2006 her stepson, John, also died of cancer, at the age of 44.

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

44 1966: Owen and Heseltine go to Westminster I'm never happier than when rummaging around in the BBC archives. Most of it these days is on computer. In 1990, when I joined as a trainee in Bristol, regional television had only stopped using film the year before. With the help of our two great librarians at the time, among the hundreds of film cans, I discovered two programmes produced to mark a major event which took place 50 years ago this week, the general election held on 31 March 1966. "Seven for Westminster" and "Seven at Westminster" were broadcast a few months apart to viewers living in the west country and on the south coast. They did something which is common now but was quite unusual back then: identifying newly elected MPs and following them as they adjusted to their new life. Each was broadcast only once, and has never been seen since. Among the seven captured at the start of their parliamentary careers are David Owen, later Foreign Secretary and one of the defectors from Labour who founded the SDP, and the future Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine, who helped to bring down Margaret Thatcher. Armed with the archive of their younger selves I spoke to both of them. Film of the 27-year-old new MP with his parents in their garden brought back memories for Lord Owen of his father's unintended contribution to his career. David Owen secured the Labour nomination at a party meeting where, he says, Betty Boothroyd - later Speaker of the House of Commons - "made by far the best speech". A clutch of women members, though, reassured Owen they had voted for him anyway because they were patients of Dr Owen Senior. Still, he maintains he wasn't expecting to become an MP in 1966. It was only when, after a prime ministerial visit a week before polling day, an aide of Harold Wilson waved goodbye and said "see you in Westminster" as the train pulled out of Plymouth Station, that he realised his medical career was about to be interrupted. He says he only stopped looking at job adverts in the British Medical Journal after the 1979 election, when he finally accepted he wouldn't be going back. The second film includes pictures of David Owen posing on the steps of the Ministry of Defence with his new boss, a junior defence minister. When I asked Lord Owen about his rapid promotion, he told me it happened within days of his election, and the reason that he was chosen may have had something to do with the good dinner the minister received when he visited the constituency; apparently David Owen's father had been very generous with the Plymouth Gin. Whatever the explanation, Owen's appointment as a Parliamentary Private Secretary gave him the ear of ministers in a department whose decisions directly affected his constituents, many of whom worked in the dockyard at Devonport. "I can speak to anyone from the prime minister down," he told the interviewer in 1966. As for the restriction of party discipline - something he would strain against as Labour lurched leftwards after its election defeat in 1979 - the young Owen seems to have regarded it as part of the job. "I've got to accept the discipline of the group. This is politics; if you don't like compromise, don't become a politician. " In the light of his later defection to the SDP, I asked Lord Owen whether his view had changed. "No, I can honestly say not," he told me. He said his loyalty was to Labour values even as the party itself veered away from them. "I continued to represent the Labour cause until 1992 [the year he retired from the House of Commons] … social democrat was compatible with being Labour. " That will probably irritate quite a lot of members of the Labour Party who shared his outlook in 1981, but stuck with the party rather than join the SDP. "Do you still feel Labour? " I asked. "'Nearly' is the real human answer to that," he replied. Michael Heseltine never changed parties, but even in his earliest days as an MP there were signs of the independent streak that, for a while, would derail his political career. The new Member for Tavistock told the narrator of "Seven for Westminster" he was worried about "the sinister risk of compromise", of doing as the party wants rather than sticking to his own view. It's hard not to see these remarks through the prism of Lord Heseltine's cabinet resignation 20 years later, his leadership challenge to Mrs Thatcher, and, of course, the pro-European Union views, which on occasion left him looking isolated. "I'd forgotten it, but strongly subscribe to it," he says today. "I was not going to be a 'yes man'. " Despite their party differences, David Owen and Michael Heseltine had things in common; trying to maintain careers in London (one in medicine, the other in publishing), make their mark in Parliament and nurse constituencies hundreds of miles away. Lord Heseltine recalls journeys in a Morris or Austin car, crammed with his wife, three children, a cat and a bird in a cage. It took 10 hours to travel from London to Tavistock, his constituency on Dartmoor - "and the cat was sick". In the films, Heseltine, complete with trademark shoulder length hair, exudes confidence, speaking directly to the camera rather than the interviewer. Today, he admits that he didn't always feel in control. In one film, he is standing in a milking parlour, immaculate in a three-piece suit, hands clasped behind his back, earnestly attentive as the farmer explains about the risk of brucellosis. "I look," he says now, "like a man from Mars. " He says fitting in was important for a new MP, especially one who, as the narrator in 1966 drily observed, "is not a countryman". There is no doubt that the 32-year-old publishing boss did try to make an impression on his rural constituents - perhaps too hard. "Seven at Westminster" includes a glorious sequence of the young MP towing a caravan into a village with "Heseltine" emblazoned on its side. This was his mobile constituency surgery, an attempt to reach voters who would not otherwise be able to bring their problems to him. Half a century later, Lord Heseltine describes it as a "terrible, terrible mistake". People had turned out enthusiastically on his first visit, Lord Heseltine says, but by the third or fourth they had completely lost interest. Worse, he was stuck with it because he feared if he stopped the village visits, people would say "he's lost interest, he doesn't care, we never see him". Only when his seat was abolished in 1974 and he moved to Oxfordshire did he stop. "I didn't take the idea to Henley," he deadpans. In the two films from 1966, images of how elections used to be fought - the daytime declarations from town hall balconies, for example, because few were daft enough to declare results in the middle of the night - contrast with reminders of how little has changed. Dr Owen - "rather serious but one of Labour's rising stars", as he is described in one of the films - describes a feeling that would sound familiar to any MP today. "Overnight," he complained in 1966, "I went from being respected as a doctor to being regarded with cynical denigration. " Today, his view is somewhat different. "A very large number of people thought I'd gone down in the world and that upset me in a way. This is a very healthy thing in a democracy. "

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

45 For Ann Coulter, the crazier, the better: She says Donald Trump is “mental,” but is still pining for him to “crush” Democrats anyway Topics: GOP 2016 , Ann Coulter , Donald Trump , Elections 2016 , Elections News , Politics News Conservative pundit Ann Coulter thinks Donald Trump is “ mental ,” but apparently that hasn’t changed her belief that Trump is the best candidate for the Republican party, RealClearPolitics reports. In an interview with PJTV Thursday, Coulter said, “If it is still possible for any Republican to win, there is absolutely only one Republican that can possibly win.” That Republican being Donald Trump. “Trump could possibly crush the electoral college by slightly increasing the white vote in certain states,” she said, predicticting that battleground states that Republicans lost in 2012 would be in play for Trump, including Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Minnesota, Iowa and New Hampshire. “All he needs is a handful of states,” said Coulter, despite new polling reports of a “ collapse ” in Trump’s general election support.

2016-04-02 01:05 Michael Garofalo salon.com.feedsportal.com

46 Zayn Malik tops UK album chart with debut Zayn Malik has topped the UK album chart with his debut solo album. Mind of Mine knocked Adele's 25 from the top spot, with just over 4,000 more sales. The former One Direction singer told the Offcial Charts Company it was "mind blowing". "I can't believe that I have managed to achieve this as a solo artist. "I am very proud coming from Bradford achieving this in my home country. " He added: "It's mind-blowing to me. I don't take the support I have received for granted. My life at 23 could have been very different. " The album's lead single, Pillowtalk, went straight to number one in February. Also entering the top five of the album chart are Joe Bonamassa at three with his collection Blues of Desperation and Birdy's Beautiful Lies at four - the 19-year-old's highest charting album. At five is Justin Bieber's Purpose, which has now spent 20 consecutive weeks in the top five. New entries include British metal band Asking Alexandria at 15 with The Black - their highest chart placing, and Swedish metal band Amon Amarth at 30 with Jomsviking. In the singles chart, Mike Posner remains at number one for a third week with I Took A Pill In Ibiza. The track had 84,000 combined sales, up on last week's 82,000, taking the song to Gold certification for passing the 400,000 combined sales mark. It is also the most streamed song of the week, with just over 4.2 million plays. The American singer told the Official Chart Company it was "quite an honour" to be number one in the UK. "I appreciate you making sure I don't have to get another job, and can do art full-time, and that's pretty cool. " Fifth Harmony moved up to second place with Work From Home - a career best for the former X Factor USA contenders. Lukas Graham's 7 Years moved down to third place in its eighth week in the top three. The Danish band's self-titled album is being released this week. Sia moved up four places to number four with Cheap Thrills, her highest chart placing for her as a lead artist. Norwegian producer Alan Walker climbs seven places to number 11 with Faded. The 18-year-old is number one this week in the Official Trending Chart - the list of songs making a big impact in the UK.

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

47 Hello! Magazine apologises for 'fabricated' Clooney interview Hello! Magazine has apologised for running an "exclusive" interview with George Clooney that the actor says was completely fabricated. The UK-based magazine said it purchased the interview from an entertainment news agency called Famous, which they have worked with in the past. Hello! said it thought the article was accurate and has removed from piece from its website. Mr Clooney said the interview never took place. He said in a statement: "The problem is that I have not given an interview to Hello Magazine and the quotes attributed to me are not accurate. In my experience, being misquoted is not unusual but to have an 'exclusive interview' completely fabricated is something new. And a very disturbing trend. " The interview was a piece about how he and wife Amal Clooney make their long-distance marriage work. It was picked up by Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, The Sun and The Evening Standard. Hello! said it was "dismayed" to hear the interview was not authentic. "The HELLO! Group can only express its deepest respect for both Mr Clooney and his wife, Amal, and its sincere commitment to respectable and accurate journalism," the statement read. In 2014, the Daily Mail apologised to Mr Clooney about a story they ran about his wife's mother claiming she opposed her daughter's wedding. He called the story "false" and "irresponsible".

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

48 Quiz of the week's news It's the Magazine's weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days? If you missed last week's quiz, try it here Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

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49 What kind of life can you live on £7.20 an hour? The National Living Wage has raised the minimum wage from £6.70 to £7.20 an hour for workers over 25 and will see a pay bump for nearly two million people. But what kind of lifestyle can you enjoy on that salary? Rent, council tax, energy bills, food shopping, travel fares. These are just some of the essential costs we pay for living and working in Britain. Employees worked an average 39.1 hours a week in 2015, according to the Office for National Statistics. Thus a worker on the new National Living Wage would earn £ 14,602 a year if doing a 39-hour week, although many work much shorter or much longer hours. This figure shrinks to £13,097 a year after National Insurance and income tax are taken off. This means a person would have £ 1,091 a month or £ 252 a week to juggle with. If you were a single adult without children, you wouldn't typically have access to social housing, according to the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University. So rent is the biggest drain on your resources and where you live makes a huge difference. According to estate agent Countrywide, last month the average rent for a one-bed flat in the East Midlands was £449, while a two-bed was £544. However, in greater London it was £920 for a one-bed and £1,166 for a two-bed. "As a general rule of thumb, it's thought that a third of [take home] salary spent on rent is affordable," says Johnny Morris from Countrywide. "So in this instance that would give you £364. While that could rent you a room in a nice two-bed property in many areas in the UK, it wouldn't stretch to the capital. You would have to increase the percentage of salary you spent on rent and go for a large shared house somewhere in outer London. " The South East and South West of England are the most expensive regions to rent outside London, while the East Midlands and North East are the cheapest. Compiled by Countrywide for BBC News So once rent is paid for, there are essential living costs from council tax, to energy bills and food, as well as travel by public transport. A good guide for this comes from an annual study from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. It looks at the minimum amount of money needed for an acceptable standard of living and is drawn from detailed budget discussions with members of the public. The 2015 study found that a single adult would need £ 632.80 a month to cover essentials. This includes £ 72.28 on fuel bills, £ 187.98 on food and £ 115.60 on travel. This would also cover £ 78.09 for household goods and services such as detergent or getting an appliance fixed and £ 59.24 for personal goods and services, such as toiletries or a trip to the dentist. Assuming rent was £ 364 , that would leave £94.20 a month for everything else, including clothing, any socialising, leisure activities, birthday and Christmas presents, holidays, pension contributions and general savings. Amy, 32, from Huddersfield, who did not wish to give her surname, knows just how difficult it is to keep to a strict budget. She has struggled on a minimum wage of £ 6.70 an hour as a retail assistant. She lives on her own in a council flat, which she couldn't afford without housing benefit. It would be far too expensive to run a car, she says, and so she relies on local buses. "I don't have home internet and I only have freeview TV and I have to be very careful with supermarket shops. I occasionally have to turn down socialising with friends, especially if it involves more expensive pubs or restaurants. " Amy spends £ 20 a month on a pay as you go phone, which she swapped to from a contract to save money. Her electricity bill is normally around £ 20 a month while gas can vary from £ 20 to £ 50 depending on how cold it gets. "I normally don't have much left over for socialising - £ 50 a month if I'm lucky. I have generous friends who help me out with this," she says. "At the moment I have a Netflix subscription [currently £ 5.99 a month, and typically watched on her phone using wi-fi at university or the pub, or using her mobile data package at home], but that's my only real indulgence. I can't remember the last time I had a holiday. " She thinks a wage increase to £7.20, "would probably get spent on gas and electric as I'm on prepay meters, or on food. " Families on the minimum wage must also contend with a raft of other costs from nappies to nursery fees, which are partially offset by child benefits and tax credits. Tracey's latest money worry is how she will afford her son's new uniform. She lives in Blackpool and works part time in a shoe shop while her husband works full time at a factory. They are both on the current minimum wage of £6.70. "I always have to think carefully about money. I can't just buy what I want in the shops and plan all our meals. If I want to take my son out for the day to the soft play or the cinema I have to plan it a few weeks in advance and save up. " The couple aren't eligible for housing benefits but they are just able to afford to rent their house because it is owned by another family member. If she had the money Tracey would love to get passports for the family and move to a place with a larger garden for her son to play in. The couple spend £100 a month on gas and electricity. "Our son comes first and we go without. We had a birthday party for him, I was paying it off in £10 instalments for months. He is four now, but since he was born we have only been on one holiday to Cornwall and that was with my family's help. " The family got caught in a spiral of debt after Tracey went on maternity leave and they relied on payday loans. They are now putting aside money each month to pay it off through a scheme with the debt charity Step Change. The National Living Wage of £7.20 is due to rise to £9 by 2020. However, it currently falls short of the UK Living Wage , an hourly rate based on the cost of living that businesses can choose to pay workers voluntarily. That is currently set at £8.25 outside of London and £9.40 inside London. Prof Donald Hirsch from Loughborough University heads the Joseph Rowntree Foundation study which informs this voluntary rate. "I think the UK Living Wage has been influential in getting the government to realise the minimum wage of £6.70 simply wasn't enough," he says. "It's a step in the right direction and there are ambitions to raise it further. However, while our UK Living Wage is based on actual costs of living, the government scheme is set at 55% of median earnings. So if there is an economic downturn it could fall. " And while the new £7.20 an hour wage will improve life for many people, some, like Tracey and her family, fear they could actually be worse off. "My employers are taking me down from four days to three days a week as they can't afford to pay staff the new wage," Tracey says. "Also my husband will be paying more tax and National Insurance on his salary and he has been told that the factory won't pay overtime any more. Now we're most worried about whether we can keep our jobs. " In the year 2000, Parliament agreed to end fuel poverty by 2016. But 16 years on, more than a million working families still cannot afford to heat their homes. Fuel poverty: Anatomy of a cold house (March 2016) Follow Claire Bates on Twitter @batesybates Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox. The new National Living Wage and you bbc.co.uk 2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

50 Hospital chain says system 90 percent back after cyberattack BALTIMORE (AP) — MedStar Health says computer systems at its 10 hospitals are 90 percent back after a cyberattack. Debra Schindler, spokeswoman for the hospital chain's Baltimore region, said in an email late Friday that health care delivery was maintained at nearly normal volume during the attack. The attack, which Schindler said presented itself early Monday, forced record systems offline, prevented patients from booking appointments and left staff unable to check email messages or look up phone numbers. MedStar operates 10 hospitals in Maryland and Washington. Schindler's email did not come from a MedStar account. She confirmed by phone that she had sent it. Schindler says MedStar will not provide details on the malware, the attack or the attackers, except that MedStar didn't pay any type of ransom. The FBI is investigating.

2016-04-02 01:29 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

51 Iggy Azalea goes horseback riding amid fiance drama As interest around her love life continues to mount, Iggy Azalea cleared her head with another invigorating horseback ride near Los Angeles. The 25-year-old smiled as she jumped back on the saddle to work on her form and enjoy a leisurely ride at an equestrian center on Friday, a day after her fiance Nick Young was seemingly caught on video bragging about being unfaithful. Iggy had her platinum blonde locks slicked back beneath her helmet and sported a white collared tank top, belted Jodhpurs, and riding boots. Scroll down for video Clutching the reigns with gloved hands, Iggy looked in high spirits as her horse trotted round the enclosure. The Fancy rapper seemed to be in no hurry as she guided her mare through the enclosed area, opting for a slow and steady pace. Iggy even tried her hand at a jump, looking every bit the pro as her horse lept over a small fence. The Work rapper even appeared to give out a hearty laugh as she spoke with a fellow rider. By the looks of it, the drama surrounding her fiance Nick Young was far from mind, if even just momentarily. Iggy took to Twitter on Wednesday after a video emerged of her 30-year-old fiance boasting about meeting a teen at a bar. She thanked Nick's Los Angeles Lakers teammate D'Angelo Russell, 20, who secretly recorded the video. 'Hmmm i see D Angelo Russell is trending... I actually liked his film. Thanks bro,' Iggy tweeted to her more than six million followers on Twitter. Iggy and the LA Lakers star began dating in 2013 and became engaged last June when Nick proposed during his 30th birthday party. The basketball player presented her with a giant diamond ring valued at $500,000. But this week the relationship took a hit after the video taken by Nick's Lakers teammate was posted online. TMZ reported that Nick was desperately fighting to save their relationship and told pals he was 'madly in love' with Iggy. Nick addressed the media before the Lakers home game on Wednesday against the Miami Heat. 'I don't want to get into my personal life right now. I think it's best me and D'Angelo handle the situation we have in a private manner, outside the media,' Nick told reporters before the game. 'I think it's something we really do need to sit down and talk about. That's about it. What happened is what happened. We've got to work on it,' Nick said. D'Angelo also spoke to reporters before the game and apologised profusely for recording the video and also acknowledged it might imperil Nick's relationship with Iggy. 'I feel as sick as possible. I wish I could make things better right away, but I can't,' he said. D'Angelo also said he has no idea how the video became public, claiming he didn't post it on social media or send it to any friends.

2016-04-02 01:19 Christine Rendon www.dailymail.co.uk

52 Music stars seek reform of online piracy law in US Katy Perry, Bryan Adams and Christina Aguilera are among hundreds in the music industry pressing lawmakers to reform US online piracy law. They have submitted their comments ahead of a review by the federal government's US Copyright Office. At present internet firms are protected from liability if their users illegally share content online. The music industry said this allowed tech companies to generate large profits at their expense. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) almost 400 artists, songwriters and music labels have submitted comments ahead of a deadline on Friday. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) governs intellectual property online and dates back to 1998. The RIAA described the DMCA as "broken" and "antiquated. " The body takes issue with section 512 of the DMCA, known as the notice-and-takedown provision. It said the act "forces creators to police the entire internet for instances of theft, placing an undue burden on these artists and unfairly favouring technology companies and rogue pirate sites". The sentiment was echoed in a separate letter from music managers. Their letter said: "Today, the instant an infringing link is taken down, it is replaced by many more. It's 'whack-a-mole' on steroids in which every time the mole is knocked down, two more pop up, then four, then eight. " The letter from songwriters and artists, which included Katy Perry and Bryan Adams, said the careers of up and coming musicians were threatened because they were not being properly rewarded for their work. It said the DMCA "has allowed major tech companies to grow and generate huge profits by creating ease of use for consumers to carry almost every recorded song in history in their pocket via a smartphone, while songwriters' and artists' earnings continue to diminish. " But the Internet Association, whose members include Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Twitter , disagreed saying online services gave artists a platform for reaching audiences, "These smart laws allow people to post content that they have created on platforms - such as videos, reviews, pictures, and text. In essence, this is what makes the Internet great. "The safe harbours enable platforms to operate at the scale necessary to create huge benefits for consumers and creators. " The Copyright Office announced that it was reviewing the so called "safe harbour" or protection provisions in the DMCA in December. The office has no authority to change the law but it can make recommendations.

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

53 April Fool's Day: 10 stories that look like pranks but aren't It's hard to know what to trust on April Fool's Day as there are are many stories that seem rather strange but are in fact genuine. But here is a round-up of some of this year's odder stories that are apparently true. 1. Transparent wood could soon replace glass in some windows. Swedish researchers have engineered the non-shattering material by stripping out the component that makes wood brown and replacing it with acrylic. The wood could let in light while still maintaining privacy for residents. More details (Wired) 2. A fashion designer has released a £185 T-shirt modelled on the courier DHL's employee uniform. French firm Vetements has a reputation for selling expensive "normcore" hoodies and tracksuits. The garment has been much mocked on social media, but has already been modelled by the DHL Express chief executive, as well as actor Jaden Smith's model girlfriend Sarah Snyder. More details (Daily Mail) 3. Whoopi Goldberg plans to launch her own line of medical marijuana products to combat period pains. For legal reasons, it will only be sold in California and the range includes sipping chocolate and bath soak. "I don't want this to be a joke to people. It's not a joke to women," she said. More details (USA Today) 4. South Wales Police have come up with a novel way of entering buildings - by using a chainsaw. They used the technique in preference to the usual battering ram during a drugs raid in Cardiff. More details (Daily Telegraph) 5. Skimmed milk can be described as an "imitation milk product", a Florida judge has ruled - unless vitamins are added - in a long-running dispute. "I refuse to lie to my customers, so I have stopped selling skim milk until I am allowed to tell the truth again," says one disgruntled seller. More details (Consumerist) 6. There's a trend for denim-coloured hair. Denim has long been a fashion staple but now some people are combining blue, purple and grey colour to leave their hair looking vaguely like jeans. More details (Daily Mail) 7. The CIA has been left red-faced after forgetting they had left "explosive training material" on a school bus in Virginia. Detectives had hidden it in the engine compartment as part of a training exercise for explosives-detecting dogs. It was found by a surprised technician from Briar Woods High School during routine maintenance. More details (Gawker) 8. Tinie Tempah intends to buy a farm and loves the BBC's rural and environmental affairs programme Countryfile. Speaking on the Jonathan Ross Show, the 27-year-old rapper also revealed his plans to settle down in the near future. "Three more years of a lot of fun and then probably settle down, have a family, live on a farm, get some animals," he said. More details (Belfast Telegraph) 9. A bounty is being offered to everybody who kills a rat in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. From Tuesday, residents will be paid 300 rupees (£2) for every rodent apprehended in the worst- affected part of the city. That bonus is reduced to just 25 rupees in the rest of the city. More details (Channel News Asia) 10. A politician from Missouri is so fed up with her colleagues saying "physical" when they mean "fiscal" that she's filed a resolution demanding that they mend their ways. "There are a lot of reasons to be depressed about the Missouri Legislature, and this just kind of piles on," State Rep Tracy McCreery says. More details (Mashable) Compiled by Claire Bates, Harry Low, and Jon Kelly Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

54 Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'refused to blow himself up' Surviving Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam chose not to blow himself up to save lives, his brother says. Mohamed Abdeslam was speaking to French BFMTV after meeting Salah in his Belgian prison cell where he is awaiting extradition to France . "There would have been more victims had I done it," Salah told him. "Luckily, I couldn't go through with it. " The gun and bomb attacks on a concert hall, a stadium, restaurants and bars on 13 November 2015 killed 130 people. Abdeslam, 26, was arrested last month in Brussels four days before bomb attacks in Brussels killed 32 people. Police believe the same militant network was behind attacks in both cities. The French national, born in Belgium, had apparently been hiding in the Belgian capital for more than four months. After his arrest, Abdeslam was initially questioned over his alleged role in the Paris attacks. But after the suicide bombings in the Belgian capital, he chose to exercise his right to silence. After meeting him in the Bruges prison, Mohamed Abdeslam said his brother had told him he wanted to co-operate with French authorities because he "is accountable to the French, but not to the Belgians" - a reference to the Belgian attacks. However, Belgian authorities say Abdeslam has links to at least two of the Brussels bombers. His fingerprints were found in a flat rented by Khalid el-Bakraoui, who blew himself up on the Brussels metro station on 22 March. Investigators say Najim Laachraoui, named as one of the two Brussels airport bombers, was stopped by police in a car with Abdeslam on the Hungarian border with Austria in September. Both the Paris and Brussels attacks have been claimed by so-called Islamic State.

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

55 Mary-Kate Olsen looks stylish while out with husband Olivier Sarkozy Mary-Kate Olsen and her husband Olivier Sarkozy were spotted arriving to Los Angeles on Friday. The 29-year-old wore a long cream hued duster coat with a white blouse and sunglasses while staying close to her beau, 46. The fashion designer, who married the French banker last November, wore her light brown locks loose with a natural wave. Scroll down for video The Elizabeth And James co-founder showed off her natural beauty and flawless complexion by choosing to go makeup free for their travels. Olivier looked dapper in a navy blazer and matching hued trousers, adding a crisp white collared shirt and black dress shoes. The Frenchman, who had his hands full with their luggage, wore similar looking sunglasses like his wife. Mary-Kate and her twin sister Ashley co-founded luxury fashion line The Row in 2006 and their second label, Elizabeth And James, in 2007.

2016-04-02 01:12 Sarah Sotoodeh www.dailymail.co.uk

56 Tax transparency: Could the UK take a leaf out of Norway's book? Last July at The Times CEO Summit, David Cameron announced plans to make the top 250 companies in the UK publish the gap between average male and female earnings, in order to try to tackle the gender pay gap. For the UK, where revealing someone else's tax affairs is a criminal offence, this is a pretty radical step. But for some countries this is nothing new. In Norway, for instance, everyone has been able to see how much you earn and how much tax you pay since 1814. Until recently the data was only available at the town hall or in expensive printed books, rather like the Yellow Pages, but these days it is all available online. For newspapers like Dagbladet, one of the top tabloids in Norway, this is a windfall. It can and does report on the lives and loves of the rich and famous just like many newspapers do in other parts of the world. But in Norway they can spice up each and every report at the click of a mouse - the earnings, tax and wealth of everyone from the prime minister down is available online for anyone to see. Dagbladet's editor-in-chief John Arne Markussen admits that this did go too far at one point, with stories on the richest and poorest streets in Norway and apps that let you find out who lived in a house you were passing and how much they earned. Now if you look up someone's tax details they at least know who is doing it, but that doesn't stop journalists like Bjorn Bore. So I asked him to look up the editor's tax returns from last year. It was only mildly embarrassing for John Arne Markussen. "You did good boss, congratulations," was his reporter's rather surprised sounding comment when he found his boss's salary and bonus from 2014. "He made 2.8m kroner but he paid 1.3m kroner in tax. " That's more than £230,000 in wages and £108,000 in tax - it had been a good year for the newspaper apparently. But this tax transparency is not just a matter of celebrity gossip or embarrassing the boss. It has had radical consequences for Norway. It started when Norway won its independence and needed to set up a central bank. Taxes were raised and to make sure everyone was paying their fair share, all the details were published. The above extract is from the booklet, Tax assessment 1871 for cities in Norway, and shows a table for the city of Sandefjord. The columns show: As an attempt to increase openness and stop corruption, the news was also available to the illiterate - town criers stood on village greens and announced the whole village's taxes. As a result Norway is one of the least corrupt countries in the world. It has also reduced gender inequality and it is easy to see why at Opera, an internet company in Oslo. It has attracted top talent from around the world, including Ruth Alflat from Yorkshire. In England, she told me, it was a bit of a taboo to discuss how much you earned. "Here you don't have to do that, it is available knowledge and that is very important for fresh graduates. You know what to expect, what people should be paying... in England you take what you are given. " It is so ingrained that I was amazed to hear one of Ruth's bosses complain that the system is no longer as open as it was. She sets people's wages but wants them to be able to see the rates she is offering are fair. She also helps friends in their wage negotiations and trade unions publish detailed lists of what everyone should be earning. Even top bosses like the system. Ones I spoke to said they believe that paying taxes is a civic duty and huge wage differences between the best and worst paid are obscene. But could it work in the UK? Is it just what David Cameron ordered? Thomas Eriksen is a professor of anthropology at Oslo University. He doesn't think the system is easily transferable. "There are religious sects, Lutherans, here in Norway that forbade members from even having curtains because nothing should be concealed from the public eye," he says. That openness and public scrutiny of private lives is part of a particularly Norwegian culture, as is not standing out or getting above yourself. Prof Eriksen says that also limits entrepreneurship and initiative in Norway and is the downside to all that openness. In many ways Norway is like the UK, a wealthy open Western society with wide international links. But a country where a man's home is his castle and tax affairs are secret is far removed from one where curtains were banned just in case you were committing a sin in your own sauna. Total tax transparency here in the UK? Dream on. For more on this story, listen to BBC Radio 4's In Business: Why don't we talk about our pay?

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

57 Oil prices slump on Saudi comments Oil prices have fallen sharply after Saudi Arabia said it would freeze production only if other major producers did the same. The comments by deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman are seen as a challenge to Iran. It has vowed to increase oil production following the lifting of Western sanctions. In the Bloomberg interview , the prince also spoke about his plan for a giant public investment fund. Worth more than $2 trillion, it would be designed to reduce Saudi Arabia's reliance on income from oil. Part of the plan would be a sale of shares in the state-owned oil firm Aramco, which could start as soon as next year, according to the interview. Iran will not take part in a conference in Doha on 17 April, where the freezing of oil output is due to be discussed. "If all countries agree to freeze production, we will be among them," the prince told Bloomberg . When asked whether Iran needed to be among those countries he said "without doubt". Oil prices, which had edged into positive territory, fell after the Prince's comments. Brent crude fell $1.63 cents, or 4%, to $38.70 a barrel. Prices rose 6% in the first three months of this year - the first quarterly increase since a 15% rally between April and June 2015. PVM Oil Associates analyst Tamas Varga said there had been high hopes about the impact of a possible production freeze, but he added: "It is hard to see how sticking to the January output level would be supportive for oil prices. There will be no rebalancing this year. " Shailaja Nair, of energy information provider, said the market was still oversupplied with crude and there was no possibility of demand increasing in the short term. "Considering the amount of crude already in the market, a freeze is not going to make much of a difference," she said. A monthly survey by Reuters this week showed that oil output from the 13 Opec members rose in March on higher production from Iran and near-record exports from southern Iraq. Iraq reported Opec's biggest supply growth last year, producing more than four million barrels per day - making it the cartel's second-largest producer after Saudi Arabia. In February, Saudi Arabia and Russia said they would freeze oil output at January levels if other producers followed suit. Oil prices have plunged from their recent peak of $116 in June 2014 because of oversupply and sluggish demand. 2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

58 US championship results and standings April 2 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the US championship matches on Saturday Friday, April 1 New England Revolution 1 New York Red Bulls 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts Eastern Conference 1 Montreal Impact 3 2 0 1 6 4 6 2 Philadelphia Union 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 3 New England Revolution 5 1 3 1 5 7 6 4 Orlando City SC 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 5 New York City FC 4 1 2 1 7 7 5 6 Toronto FC 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 7 New York Red Bulls 4 1 0 3 4 9 3 8 Chicago Fire 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 9 DC United 4 0 2 2 2 8 2 10 Columbus Crew 3 0 1 2 2 4 1 Western Conference 1 Sporting Kansas City 3 3 0 0 4 1 9 2 FC Dallas 4 3 0 1 7 5 9 3 LA Galaxy 3 2 0 1 7 3 6 4 Vancouver Whitecaps 4 2 0 2 6 6 6 5 San Jose Earthquakes 3 2 0 1 4 4 6 6 Real Salt Lake 3 1 2 0 6 5 5 7 Houston Dynamo 4 1 1 2 11 8 4 8 Portland Timbers 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 9 Colorado Rapids 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 10 Seattle Sounders 3 0 0 3 2 5 0 Next Fixtures (GMT): Saturday, April 2 Chicago Fire v Philadelphia Union (2100) Sunday, April 3 Colorado Rapids v Toronto FC (0000) Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake (0030) FC Dallas v Columbus Crew (0100) Seattle Sounders v Montreal Impact (0200) Vancouver Whitecaps v LA Galaxy (0200) San Jose Earthquakes v DC United (0230) Monday, April 4 Orlando City SC v Portland Timbers (0000)

2016-04-02 01:10 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

59 Tata Steel: David Cameron raises concerns with Xi Jinping David Cameron has raised his concerns about the steel crisis with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Downing Street has confirmed. During a dinner at the White House on Thursday, Mr Cameron said they needed to work together to tackle over-capacity, his spokeswoman said. China "dumping" cheap steel on overseas markets is being partly blamed for the problems facing the UK steel industry. The PM has said every effort is being made to save thousands of steel jobs. But he also warned there were "no guarantees of success". He said nationalisation was "not the right answer" after Tata Steel's decision to sell its UK business. Unions and opposition parties say the government is in "chaos", and want action to save the threatened plants. Britain's steel industry: What's going wrong? Tata Steel UK: What are the options? The prime minister's spokeswoman said Mr Cameron "raised concerns about the global steel industry" with President Xi, saying the two countries "needed to work together to tackle the challenges with over-capacity" and that the G20 in China in September could be a good forum to address it. Both the government and the unions are blaming cheap Chinese imports for causing problems in the UK. In 2013 the UK produced 13 million tonnes of steel while China produced 779 million tonnes. Chinese exports have also soared. In 2003 the country exported 7.2 million tonnes rising to 107 million tonnes in 2015. The country has been accused of dumping due to selling steel very cheaply and regularly at a loss. Executives have been warning for months that the flood of steel is placing unsustainable pressure on the industry. The US has imposed tariffs of 266% on Chinese steel but it has emerged Britain blocked efforts at EU level to impose similarly high emergency tariffs. BBC political correspondent Alex Forsythe said: "The accusation is the government failed to act when it could because it opposed an EU plan that would have allowed higher tariffs on cheap imports from China so critics say the government has prioritised its trade relations with China over the UK steel industry," she said. Ministers refute that, saying they opposed the wholesale changes because they could have affected industries other than steel and did impose higher tariffs on some specific Chinese products such as reinforced steel.

2016-04-02 02:15 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

60 Indonesia 'may blacklist Leonardo DiCaprio over palm oil comments' Indonesia says it may ban Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio from returning over his comments on rainforests being cleared for palm oil plantations. Mr DiCaprio entered Indonesia on a tourist visa and on Sunday visited Gunung Leuser National Park in Aceh. "A world-class biodiversity hotspot... but palm oil expansion is destroying this unique place," he posted . If the comments were judged as "incitement", he would be banned in future, a top official told the BBC. ''In terms of [his] visa and immigration permit, Leonardo DiCaprio did not do anything wrong: He entered and left Indonesia legally. But, we still investigate," Heru Santoso, spokesperson for the director general of immigration department, said. "If DiCaprio's posting in his social media can be categorised as incitement or provocation, we can blacklist him from coming back to Indonesia. " It is not the first time a Hollywood star has run into trouble in Indonesia over their environmental activism. Star Wars actor Harrison Ford was threatened with deportation in 2013 for "harassing state institutions" after interviewing the then forestry minister about illegal logging. In posts on his Instagram account, Mr DiCaprio said he was working to save the Leuser ecosystem, "the last place on Earth where Sumatran orang-utans, tigers, rhinos and elephants coexist in the wild". On Twitter, he posted a link to a petition addressed to the Indonesian President Joko Widodo, calling for the area to be protected. Some members of the government have accused him of running a "black campaign" to discredit the government and the country's palm oil industry. But Farwiza Farhan, chairperson of the group Forest, Nature and Environment of Aceh, told BBC Indonesia that the Oscar-winning actor had done nothing wrong. "The claim that he was trying to discredit Indonesia doesn't make sense because these environment campaigns are local movements," she said. "He just gave his support. Tourists can come and speak their opinion. When Leo arrived in Medan he was shocked that the haze was so thick, he asked us: 'Is this smoke or clouds?'" More on palm oil: What causes South East Asia's haze? Palm oil threat to Indonesia's orangutans Is Malaysia's palm oil worth the cost?

2016-04-02 02:16 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

61 Identity 2016: Why Nigerians melt their gold jewellery in Dubai Dubai likes to describe itself as the city of gold - but many, including Nigerians, don't just come here to buy new jewellery, they also bring their old necklaces and bracelets to be melted down and restyled. Rows of 22-carat gold chains and bracelets twinkle in the shops at Dubai's main airport, one of the busiest in the world. Waiting by the gate for the 14:25 flight to Lagos in Nigeria, is the Esochaghi family, who are returning home after a shopping trip. "My favourite pieces are these necklaces," says Ugochi Esochaghi, gesturing towards a small butterfly bobbing on a chain round her neck. "I got one for my daughter too, spelling out her name," she smiles, as toddler Valeria sucks her thumb. "For me and my family, gold is a really treasured thing. I was brought up with it, I love it. " Esochaghi's gold butterfly sparkles under the bright airport lighting as she describes her latest visit to Dubai's famous gold souk. "We brought some of our old jewellery and it was weighed. We were then given some designs to choose from and the ones we wanted were created by melting down the gold we already had. "It took around two days from start to finish. The product is good and it's also cheaper here than in Nigeria. " Husband Enyioha, who has been anxiously watching the airport clock, agrees to pose for a photo with a bottle of Johnnie Walker Gold Label whisky he bought in duty free. Esochaghi can't hide her glee. "You don't see this everywhere, it's a special thing so we're giving it to a good friend as a gift. " As people become increasingly connected and more mobile, the BBC is exploring how identities are changing. The Esochaghis' story is part of a series about travellers passing through Dubai International - one of the biggest airports on Earth. Learn more about the BBC's Identity season or join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #BBCIdentity . But is it normal for Nigerian families to travel to Dubai to buy gold? "Yes," says Ugochi, as she heads for the departure gate. "A lot of my friends come here. It's a popular thing to do. " One of seven Emirates, for years Dubai has been furiously marketing itself as a tourist hub - last year it attracted more than 14 million visitors who stayed for at least one night. And gold tourism has been carefully cultivated. Although there are other global centres for the gold trade - India and China being two of the biggest - according to the World Gold Council (WGC) about 30-40% of the world's gold flows through tiny Dubai. "Ten to 15 years ago Dubai became famous as a gold souk. Since then it's developed as a commodities centre, and a trading business has emerged," says John Mulligan, the WGC's head of member investor relations. Not having a sales tax is key, Mulligan says, as is the quality of the gold on sale, which makes it an attractive investment. "It's generally high caratage, which means it's relatively pure. If you're buying jewellery, the gold will have high intrinsic value. Because of this it will be easy to work out how much it's worth. " Ugochi Akwiwu, a travel blogger, tells me more about her love of gold from her home in Benin City, Nigeria. "Nigerians in general love gold and in my part of the country it's a show of wealth," she says. "My roots are with the Igbo community in south-east Nigeria and it's traditional for mothers to hand down their gold to their daughters. Men get property and land, women inherit gold and Hollandais - traditional patterned fabric wraps. " Ugochi Akwiwu's tips for budding gold buyers Akwiwu travels to Dubai once a year, invariably coming back with gold, often in the form of earrings. These are just for herself and her family but others have turned shopping trips into a business. "When I was at school some of my classmates made money by buying gold in Dubai and selling it in Nigeria. "A few managed to put themselves through university with the profit. Gold is roughly $5 (£3.60; 4.50 euros) a gram cheaper over in Dubai and who doesn't like a bargain? " With fluctuating exchange rates, the price disparity can be even greater and there are opportunities for serious buyers. Lagos-based Talutu Ahmed Olulana, for example, is a self- made woman who trades in gold. "We buy around 5kg of gold a year and the source depends of what it's used for," she says. "I get raw gold from Africa but for finished gold I'll go to Italy, India and Dubai. "Gold is a store of value, it is movable, divisible, it appreciates and it provides a hedge against inflation. It's really a true measure of wealth. " Yet, like Akwiwu, she does not only regard gold as a commodity to be bought and sold. "It's symbol of royalty. Traditionally kings, queens and chiefs would be adorned with what we call the king of metals - gold," she says. "I'm from Kogi state in north-central Nigeria and culturally we ascribe a lot of importance to owning it. In most parts of my state owning gold is a prerequisite of marriage. " Fast cars and flashy jets may come and go, but - for Nigerians in particular - there will always be gold. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

2016-04-02 02:16 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

62 India Kolkata flyover collapse: Hope fading for survivors Hopes of finding more survivors trapped under a collapsed flyover are fading in the Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta). Rescuers have worked through the night in the Girish Park area, where the bypass was under construction when it collapsed suddenly on Thursday afternoon. At least 24 people were killed and scores injured. The 2km-long (1.2 mile) flyover started construction in 2009 and missed several deadlines for completion. Police have opened a case of culpable homicide against the company in charge of the construction, IVRCL. Reports say five of the firm's officials have been detained for questioning and its headquarters in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad have been sealed off. The company said it would co-operate with investigators. However one of its senior officials said in a news conference that the collapse had been "an act of god" as the company had a good safety record. Officials said more than 90 people have been rescued, some of whom are in hospital in a critical condition. "Many of the people rescued have been seriously injured," police chief Ajay Tyagi told the Reuters news agency. "Many could still be buried below the debris. " SS Guleria of India's National Disaster Response Force told the Associated Press that the rescue operation was in its "last stage" and that "there is no possibility of finding any person alive". It is not clear how many people may be still trapped under the debris. This is one of the busiest parts of one of India's busiest cities and all around are scenes that speak of the scale of the tragedy: a crushed and burnt motorcycle, the shattered remains of an auto-rickshaw, a discarded handbag and tattered banners of flapping fabric. Volunteers hand out hot sweet tea and biscuits to rescue workers and gawkers alike. There is a buzz of curious excitement among the crowd that has gathered to watch the operation, but behind it is a growing fury. What people want to know is why what should have been a fairly straightforward construction project ended in such terrible disaster. And with state elections just days away, it has become a political issue, not just here in Bengal but nationally as well. People are asking why a construction company that had been blacklisted by other states was put in charge of the project. Was too much pressure being put on it to complete the work? Did it cut corners? Meanwhile above the scene looms what remains of the overpass itself. The two great arms of steel that would have held the concrete roadway are slumped as if in hopeless resignation. Rescue workers have struggled to get cranes and other machinery through the narrow and congested streets of Burrabazar area where the incident happened. India's collapsing building problem The cause of the disaster was not immediately clear, but safety issues such as lack of inspections and the use of substandard materials have plagued construction projects in India.

2016-04-02 02:16 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

63 63 Pakistan: The women hanging out in all-male teahouses Traditionally, public spaces, like everything in Pakistan, are dominated by men. But now women are venturing out into male-dominated tea houses for the first time. Women try not to loiter on the streets for long, for fear of harassment and because generally it is socially unacceptable. A few months ago, a group of women in Karachi decided that they were going to reclaim their place in public spaces like teahouses, or Dhabas. The campaign became very popular on social media, but some of the women say they get stared at when they sit in the cafes among the men. The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil went to meet two female members of one of Karachi's teahouses.

2016-04-02 02:16 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

64 In pictures: Albinism and perceptions of beauty South African photographer Justin Dingwall's portrait series Albus explores the aesthetics of albinism and perceptions of beauty. Albinism is an inherited condition that results in the absence, or near absence, of pigmentation in the eyes, skin and hair. Many people living with albinism are subject to negative public attitudes, persecution and violence. Dingwall's project began with portraits of Thando Hopa, a legal prosecutor using her visibility to address the negative perceptions surrounding albinism. More recent work features Sanele Xaba, a young model with albinism, and uses specific elements to create symbolic meanings. "They are not about race or fashion, but about perception, and what we subjectively perceive as beautiful," says Dingwall. "I wanted to create a series of images that resonate with humanity and make people question what is beautiful. "To me diversity is what makes humanity interesting and beautiful. " Drawing on elements from nature, Dingwall aims to alter the viewer's perspective. "The butterfly unquestioningly embraces the changes of their environment and their body," says the photographer. "For this reason, butterflies have become symbols of growth, surrender, transition, celebration, resurrection and fragility. " In images such as Cerasinus and Indicum, Dingwall paints with light, using bold colours that neutralise the perception of skin tone. Albinism is particularly prevalent in Tanzania, with one in 1,400 affected, according to a 2006 BMC Public Health report. This compares with one in 20,000 in Western countries. Since 2000, at least 75 people with albinism have been killed in targeted attacks in Tanzania. Many are killed because potions made from their body parts are believed to bring good luck and wealth. All photos: Justin Dingwall

2016-04-02 02:15 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

65 Sexist bullying 'can make bright girls feel unfeminine' Girls feel they have to choose between being attractive or clever because of sexist name calling in schools, a teachers' union leader has warned. It can lead to lessons "with boys talking and girls listening", said Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. Girls too often feel they are on a tightrope, Dr Bousted added. Students at both mixed sex and all-girls' schools were internalising society's views of women, she warned. "There are so many names girls can be called - far more than for boys," said Dr Bousted, speaking ahead of the ATL's annual conference in Liverpool next week where the issue will be discussed. She said this could lead to a "sorting" of girls and a feeling that it was not possible to be both brainy and feminine. "Unfortunately this is what some girls think," said Dr Bousted. She said there were multiple pressures on girls - to be thin, attractive, compliant and quiet - and that bright girls could be made to feel unfeminine. "I think sexist bullying is a thing that just doesn't get talked about. "For girls, 'if you are swotty and clever and answer too many questions, you are not attractive'. There's a very fine line. "There is a conspiracy of near-silence amongst girls. " Dr Bousted, a former English teacher, said she had once taped lessons at her school, believing there was a "fairly even split" between the amount the sexes contributed to class discussions. But when she played the recording back it was clear the boys dominated the debate and girls listened. She said these attitudes could affect girls' subject choices and "it can become hard for them to believe they can achieve". The ATL conference is due to debate calls for the union to develop a definition of sexist bullying and harassment - and work on resources for teachers to help them deal with it. "Schools of course have to promote equality between the sexes but this is not an issue for schools alone," said Dr Bousted. "Adolescents today have more access to highly sexualised films and content, on social media, than ever before," she said, adding that this affected pupils' attitudes to females and was very hard for teachers to police. Dr Bousted said she was "very confident" schools were dealing with the issue better than they had a few years ago. She said it was crucial all pupils were helped to develop good speaking and listening skills to boost their confidence both inside and outside the classroom. Helen Fraser, chief executive of the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST), said there was "certainly nothing unfeminine about standing up and making your voice heard". She added: "In our increasingly image-obsessed society, it is not surprising that girls feel under pressure to maintain idealised personas but what they look like is only one very small part of who they are. "By pushing boundaries, asking questions and taking risks, girls can develop a sense of self- worth that is anything but superficial. " Ms Fraser said gender stereotyping was less prevalent in single-sex schools with 59% of GDST A-level students taking at least one science or maths subject last year. A Department for Education spokeswoman said the government was "crystal clear" that sexist bullying, like all other forms of bullying, must not be tolerated. "Every school is required by law to have measures in place to prevent it. We have strengthened teachers' powers to tackle bullying and have made clear that teachers can discipline and investigate cases of bullying outside school. "In addition, we're ensuring all children are better educated about the dangers of the internet, with children learning about internet safety as part of the new National Curriculum. "

2016-04-02 02:15 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

66 Greece passes law allowing migrants' return to Turkey The Greek parliament has passed a law allowing migrants arriving in the country to be returned to Turkey. The legislation is essential for the implementation of an EU-Turkey deal aimed at easing the uncontrolled mass movement of people into Europe. On Monday, Turkey is due to receive its first migrants returned from Greece. But there are warnings of a lack of preparation on both sides, while aid agencies are concerned migrants may be mistreated in Turkey. Greece had to amend its laws for the deal to be possible and the bill was passed by 169 members of the 300-seat parliament. Last year, more than one million migrants and refugees arrived in the EU by boat from Turkey to Greece, and Athens has struggled to cope. Tens of thousands have been stranded in Greece after northern counties closed their borders. Under the EU-Turkey deal, migrants arriving illegally in Greece are expected to be sent back to Turkey from 4 April if they do not apply for asylum or if their claim is rejected. In return, Turkey will receive aid and political concessions. Two days before the first migrants are due back here in Turkey there is little sign of any preparation. A field near the western town of Dikili has reportedly been earmarked for a registration centre but it remains empty. Residents here have called a protest on Saturday against planned refugee camps. Local officials are trying to calm tempers by suggesting those sent back here would only stay temporarily in Dikili before being sent to other areas of Turkey. Meanwhile, boats are still attempting to cross - 160 migrants were caught by the Turkish coastguard near Dikili on Friday. Many more actually reached the Greek island of Lesbos. The UN has called on Turkey and Greece to ensure safeguards are in place before returns begin, warning of "serious gaps" on both sides. A report from Amnesty International says Turkey has been illegally forcing thousands of refugees back to Syria. "In their desperation to seal their borders, EU leaders have wilfully ignored the simplest of facts: Turkey is not a safe country for Syrian refugees and is getting less safe by the day," said John Dalhuisen of the group. Turkey is yet to respond to the Amnesty report but has denied sending back any refugees against their will. The country has taken in 2.7 million Syrian refugees since the civil war began five years ago. Many live in camps near the border between the two countries. The Turkey-EU statement in full Meanwhile on the Greek island of Chios migrants broke out of a detention centre in protest against their planned deportation under the EU-Turkey plan. Eight people were hospitalised on Thursday in a brawl between migrants at the port of Piraeus near Athens, where thousands are living in dire conditions. Most of the migrants there are from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and for weeks they have slept in tents or blankets out in the open with poor sanitation and little food. A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.

2016-04-02 02:15 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

67 Nuclear terrorist attack would 'change our world', says Obama The threat from terrorists trying to launch a nuclear attack that would "change our world" is real, President Barack Obama has said. The world has taken "concrete" steps to prevent nuclear terrorism, he told the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington. But the so-called Islamic State (IS) obtaining a nuclear weapon is "one of the greatest threats to global security," he added. More than 50 nations were represented at the summit. World leaders convening in Washington for the summit expressed concern about North Korea's nuclear weapons programme and Russia's lack of attendance. Mr Obama expressed concern that Russia has been building up its military at the expense of nuclear arms reductions. Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to attend the summit, and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan cancelled his trip after the deadly bombing in Lahore. Both countries are nuclear-armed. As the summit closed, the leaders reaffirmed their commitment to fight proliferation. Mr Obama cited progress in making large parts of the world free of nuclear materials. South America had already achieved this, and Central Europe and South East Asia were expected to do so later this year. "Together, we have removed the world's most deadly materials from nuclear facilities around the world," he said. Despite these gains, Mr Obama said the Indian subcontinent and the Korean peninsula were areas where more could be done to combat proliferation. Mr Obama said the world cannot be "complacent" and must build on its progress in slowing the stockpiling of nuclear weapons. IS has already used chemical weapons in Syria. "There is no doubt that if these mad men ever got their hands on a nuclear bomb or nuclear material, they would certainly use it to kill as many people as possible," he said. "The single most effective defence against nuclear terrorism is fully securing this material so it doesn't fall into the wrong hands in the first place. " Could Islamic State make a 'dirty bomb'? Mr Obama hailed his own nuclear agreement with Iran, which has been criticised by Republicans and other groups for the sanctions relief it provides. He called it a "substantial success". "This is a success of diplomacy that hopefully we will be able to copy in the future," he said. Mr Obama said Iran has so far followed the letter of the agreement. He urged patience as the country becomes re-integrated into the global economy. "So long as Iran is carrying out its end of the bargain, we think it's important for the world community to carry out our end," he said. At the summit, Mr Obama was asked about recent comments by presidential hopeful Donald Trump. The Republican front-runner had floated the idea that Japan and South Korea should have nuclear weapons, a dramatic departure from decades of US foreign policy. "The person who made the statement doesn't know much about foreign policy, nuclear policy, the Korean peninsula or the world generally," Mr Obama said.

2016-04-02 02:15 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

68 Chloe Lloyd dazzles with Union J fiancé Josh Cuthbert at glam party They never fail to turn heads when they step out together. But Josh Cuthbert and fiance Chloe Lloyd only had eyes for each other as they stepped out for the Arcadia Issue 2 launch party in London on Friday. Hand in hand, the couple looked loved-up as they headed into the bash, snuggling up close as they posed for snaps. Scroll down for video Clad in a plunging black maxi dress, Chloe offered a glimpse of her modest cleavage in the risque lace up neckline. Cinching in at her tiny waist with a satin belt, she added some extra height to her model frame in a pair of lace-up heels which were exposed through the gown's side split hemline. Meanwhile, Josh also looked effortlessly stylish in all-black, teaming a fitted leather jacket with skinny jeans. The pair - who got engaged in November after a whirlwind one-year romance recently told HELLO! magazine they are in 'no rush', to walk down the aisle. 'We haven’t even talked about what sort of wedding we want because we are much more focused on our careers for the moment', she explained. 'We are both quite sensible and business-minded and want to establish ourselves, make lots of money and buy a house first.' And the pair certainly looked every inch the successful power couple as they cosied up at the event, which was also attended by Tallia Storm. Showing off her flair for fashion, the 17-year-old singer looked chic in a black halter jumpsuit on the night. Keeping her accessories simple, the fashionista held a black clutch with a gold chain, whilst she wore a chunky watch on her wrist. She finished off the look with her golden locks styled poker straight, framing her heart shaped face.

2016-04-02 01:08 Rebecca Lawrence www.dailymail.co.uk

69 Ramona Singer cuts stylish figure in black and white dress at event Ramona Singer attended the NBCUniversal Summer press day on Friday wearing a black and white patterned dress. The 59-year-old looked lovely in the sleeveless frock, which featured a low-cut neckline, revealing a hint of her cleavage. The reality star showed off her toned legs in the thigh-grazing number while walking the red carpet in Westlake Village, California. Scroll down for video Ramona wore her long blonde locks loose, opting for a deep side part and wavy tresses. She kept her makeup minimal, sporting mauve lipstick, a touch of blush on her cheeks and subtle smokey eye shadow on her lids. The beauty posed for photos with her RHONY castmates Julianne Wainstein and Dorinda Medley - both of whom chose colorful dresses. On Tuesday, the blonde attended the premiere party for the show at Beautique in New York City, dressed in a black dress with gold accents. 2016-04-02 01:08 Sarah Sotoodeh www.dailymail.co.uk

70 Lana Del Rey can't pull away from conversation as she gases up tank It looks like Lana Del Rey is due for a dye job. The 30-year-old was spotted filling up her gas tank in Beverly Hills on Friday with noticeable roots growing out her long auburn hair 'do. But Lana didn't seem concerned at all with the state of her hair - rather, the hit-maker was completely preoccupied in a phone conversation. Scroll down for video So absorbed she was in her discussion, Lana even appeared to be filling up her gas tank as she carried on in her chat. The Summertime Sadness singer was also consumed in conversation when she popped by the convenience store for a quick snap. Lana made her way outside of the market shortly afterwards, armed with a hydrating beverage and a granola bar. It seems the singer was in a relaxed mood, an attitude which reflected in her wardrobe. Sporting a cuffed pair of blue jeans, Lana looked every bit California cool with her black scoop neck top, button up sweater, and gladiator style flats. The hit-maker appeared to go for minimal makeup, highlighting her stunning features with light pink blush and a shimmering slick on her lips. Meanwhile, earlier in March it was reported that Lana's 33-year-old former boyfriend Francesco Carrozzini appears to have moved on with someone new. The Italian photographer was spotted leaving hot spot eatery Giorgio Baldi in Los Angeles with a mystery brunette. Lana and Francesco reportedly called it quits back in October. 'They love each other, but she's wanted to settle down for over a year now and he's just not there yet,' an insider told the New York Daily News in November. Several months before news of the break-up emerged, Lana released her fourth studio album, Honeymoon. The star recruited singer Father John Misty to appear in the video for her song Freak, which appears on her new album. In the 11-minute video Misty is seen dropping acid and going on a dream-like trip surrounded by women dressed in white.

2016-04-02 01:06 Christine Rendon www.dailymail.co.uk

71 U. S. plans third patrol near disputed S. China Sea islands - source April 1 (Reuters) - The U. S. Navy plans to conduct another passage near disputed islands in the South China Sea in early April, a source familiar with the plan said on Friday, the third in series of challenges that have drawn sharps rebukes from China. The exact timing of the exercise and which ship would travel inside a 12-nautical mile limit around a disputed island was not immediately clear. The United States has conducted what it calls "freedom of navigation" exercises in recent months, sailing near disputed islands to underscore its rights to navigate the seas. U. S. Navy officials have said they plan to conduct more and increasingly complex exercises in the future. The U. S. S. Stennis carrier strike group is currently operating in the South China Sea. The next freedom of navigation exercise is unlikely to be conducted by a carrier like the Stennis, but rather by a smaller ship, the source said. Experts predict the next U. S. challenge to the various claims in the South China Sea could occur near Mischief Reef, a feature claimed by the Philippines and which was submerged at high tide before China began a dredging project to turn it into an island in 2014. Mischief Reef is now the site of one of three military-length airfields China has built on man-made islands in the Spratly Islands archipelago. U. S. Navy ships regularly patrol the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of world trade travels every year. China claims most of the area, and Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have rival claims. In recent months, with tensions rising around China's reclamation activities, U. S. ships have been frequently and routinely shadowed by Chinese ships and regular communications with Chinese vessels have often been tense. News of the planned exercise comes a day after U. S. President Barack Obama met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a nuclear summit in Washington. During the meetings, Xi told Obama that China would not accept any behavior in the disguise of freedom of navigation that violates its sovereignty, said China's Xinhua news agency, in a clear warning to the United States. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Don Durfee and Sandra Maler)

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72 72 Annuity rates slashed by 17% in a year as savers endure cuts to income Tens of thousands of savers have endured savage cuts to their retirement incomes as the Chancellor’s pension reforms have backfired. An investigation by the Daily Mail reveals pension firms have rushed to cut annuity rates by up to 17pc –costing savers tens of thousands of pounds over the course of their retirement. And while savers have been hammered, Britain’s biggest insurers have boasted soaring profits. One consumer campaigner last night accused insurance companies of ‘profiteering’ from customers, while a Labour MP said insurance companies - not savers - had emerged as the ‘big winners’ from George Osborne’s reforms. The revelations emerge as industry figures published yesterday on Monday showed annuities are enjoying a major revival in popularity - almost one year on from the introduction of the chancellor’s pension freedoms. Some 21,200 savers ploughed £1.1billion into these pensions in the final three months of last year, according to the Association of British Insurers. Sales outstripped riskier alternatives which invest in the stock market, for the first time since the reforms kicked in last April. The ABI said 213,000 cash lump sum payments worth £3billion had been made since last April with an average payout of £14,800 as savers have rushed to cash in their pensions. The radical new freedoms have enabled millions of people to use their pension pot as they choose The changes meant no-one is forced to buy an annuity, which pays a guaranteed income for life. Annuities have been widely criticised for being poor value and paying a meagre income. Once savers have bought one, they are locked in for life. For years they have been a cash cow for insurance companies, which have been criticised by regulators for giving savers a poor deal. But for many less well-off savers who cannot afford to gamble their pension pots on the stockmarket, they remain the only realistic option as insurers have failed to come up with a viable alternative which offers the same security. Since the reforms came into force, thousands of savers have received an even worse deal. Insurers have cut annuity rates by up to 17pc since January 1 last year in a cynical ploy to boost profits and compensate for falling annuity sales. The ruthless move will cost savers tens of thousands of pounds over the course of their retirement. Although all insurance companies have cut annuity rates, Britain’s two biggest insurance companies Aviva and Prudential have emerged as the worst offenders. A 65 year old who buys an annuity from Aviva with a £50,000 pension pot would have been able to secure an annual income of £2708.96 on January 1 last year. Today the same saver would only receive £2249.90, according to analysts conducted by Moneyfacts for the Daily Mail. They will be £9,181.2 worse off if they live to age 65. The second worst culprit is Prudential which has cut pay-outs on annuities by 15.4pc. This has made savers purchasing an annuity today £417.51 worse off a year, or £8,350.20 over the course of their retirement. John Mann, a Labour member of the Treasury Committee said; ‘The big financial institutions are doing over pensioners who have worked hard and saved all their lives. These firms are the big winners from these reform. This cannot be right.’ James Daley, founder of consumer website Fairer Finance said: ‘This is very hard to justify. Long term interest rates haven’t come down. It seems like insurance companies are profiteering. They’re rubbing their hands together and taking advantage of customers who cannot afford to take out more expensive pensions plans which invest in the stockmarket.’ Sales of annuities fell by more than half last year to 81,473, down from 188,645 the year before – according to industry figures. But they appear to be coming back into fashion, and are now the most popular type of pension again. Giving evidence to MPs last week, the boss of the Association British Huw Evans revealed annuities are outselling stockmarket-linked pensions for the first time since last April. The insurance industry has tried to the latest swingeing rate cuts quiet. The trend only came to light when Aviva – formerly known as Norwich Union – published its annual results earlier this month. Unlike other firms, it refused to publish sales of annuities to individual annuities. But it later admitted that although sales had fallen, profits had gone up. No further explanation was given. Richard Eagling, head of pensions at Moneyfacts said falling demand for annuities may have caused firms to cut rates. He said: ‘Demand is key to sustaining competition, and there are signs that competition has deteriorated in some areas of the annuity market as a result of falling business volumes.’ Whatever the reason, Britain’s biggest pension firms have all revealed soaring profits in recent weeks as the Chancellor’s reforms have given them a huge boost. Prudential said profits in its UK life and pensions business jumped 60pc last year to £1.7billion. Profits at Aviva rose by a fifth to £2.7billion, while they increased 14pc to £1.46billion at Legal & General. This is partly because the Chancellor’s reforms have triggered a dramatic surge in sales of risky and more expensive alternatives to annuities which have also devastated savers’ pension pots. These ‘income drawdown’ plans allow older savers to continue investing their retirement fund in the stockmarket while drawing a regular income. This savers have also been hit hard. The rush to gamble on the stockmarkets rather than buy an annuity could hardly have been more poorly timed. The FTSE 100 of Britain’s biggest blue chip companies has plunged more than 10 per cent since April - when the chancellor’s new pension freedoms came into force. The insurance industry has blamed the increased cost of regulation and low interest rates for cutting annuity rates. A spokesman for Aviva said: ‘Changes to annuity rates within the last 12 months are due, in part, to a sustained period of low interest rates in the UK. We monitor and benchmark our rates regularly to ensure our annuities continue to offer value for money for customers. Aviva annuities offer a range of attractive benefits to customers and remains a core part of retirement planning for many people. A Prudential spokesman said: ‘Annuity rates have been adversely affected by a number of factors including increased regulatory capital requirements, historically low interest rates and reduced sales volumes.’

2016-04-02 01:04 James Salmon www.dailymail.co.uk

73 Severe weather moves east toward Carolinas after tornadoes ATLANTA (AP) — Strong storms plowed through Georgia on their way to the Carolinas Friday, spawning at least one confirmed tornado, after setting off tornadoes that swirled through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. More tornadoes and isolated winds remained possible, according to the National Weather Service. Nearly 3,000 people in the Carolinas were already without power by early morning. The weather service confirmed a tornado touched down in central Georgia and did some damage Friday morning. Meteorologist Steve Nelson says a tornado pushed through Twiggs County with 90 mph winds near Allentown, Georgia, around 8:40 a.m. Nelson says it traveled 1.9 miles, damaging eight homes and destroying two. He says it's possible that another tornado later in the morning hit neighboring Wilkinson County, causing some damage to homes and trees. Wilkinson County Emergency Management director Gary Brown says three homes were damaged. In nearby Warner Robins, some streets were flooded and roofs damaged at Robins Air Force Base, and the airfield at Robins was temporarily closed. On Thursday, one tornado touched down in Eldridge in central Alabama around 8 p.m. Another hit about hour earlier in Ardmore in the northern part of the state, according to emergency management officials Rita White and Harry Markham. There were no immediate reports of damage or any injuries, and the weather service said all tornado warnings had expired in Alabama. In southeastern Louisiana, the National Weather Service confirmed two tornadoes touched down, bringing down trees and power lines but causing no injuries. An apparent tornado also damaged homes and downed trees near Columbus, Mississippi. Lowndes County Emergency Management director Cindy Lawrence said reports indicated at least a dozen homes were damaged near New Hope, between Columbus and the Alabama state line. Brian Karg, a New Hope, Mississippi resident, told The Associated Press in a phone interview he was at home with his girlfriend and daughter Thursday evening as the weather began to worsen in the northeast Mississippi community. After sending his girlfriend and daughter to the bathroom to hide, Karg looked outside to see a funnel cloud coming over his house. He snapped a picture as the twister, which hadn't yet touched ground, passed over nearby trees. "You always get a little nervous, but me being a guy, I want to see if it's coming so I can be prepared," Karg said, explaining why he too didn't hide. Lawrence said it was unclear whether anyone had been injured. She said emergency workers were responding by foot in some places because so many trees were blocking roads. Eric Carpenter, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Pearl, Mississippi, said radar detected a tornado debris signature beginning about 6:20 p.m. The storm crossed into Alabama and wind damage was reported in the Millport area there. More than 12,000 power outages in the area were reported by 4-County Electric Power Association in Mississippi. The slew of tornadoes in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama came a day after at least seven people were injured when severe storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns in northeastern Oklahoma. The National Weather Service said it will investigate storm damage in Lamar County, Mississippi, that may have been caused by a tornado Thursday morning. Meteorologist Joanne Culin in Jackson said trees were down in two areas of Purvis and one crashed into a house. There were no reports of injuries. Heavy rain in the Mississippi Delta caused some widespread flooding. Sunflower County Emergency Manager Ben Grant said about two dozen homes in Moorhead were evacuated. In Louisiana, a cold front could produce flash flood conditions Friday night. ___ Associated Press writers Bill Fuller in New Orleans, Jeff Amy in Jackson, Mississippi; Jeff Martin in Atlanta and Sarah Rankin in Chicago contributed to this report.

2016-04-02 01:01 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

74 Imogen Anthony strikes raunchy topless pose in short video Imogen Anthony isn't shy when it comes to taking her kit off for the camera. So much so, the 24- year-old girlfriend of shock jock Kyle Sandilands has taken to Instagram to post a daring video of herself topless and kicking back on a Friday evening. In the nine-second video, posted to Instagram, the glamour model is seen wearing a charcoal face mask while attempting to light up a cigarette in what appears to be her bathroom. Scroll down for video The White Trash Royalty fashion designer has pulled back her dyed locks and protected them from the facial mask with the aid of a floral shower cap. Blasting Crazy Town’s famous song Butterfly in the background, Imogen is seen attempting to light up her cigarette with her long fingernails. She captioned the video: ‘Thank F*** It's Friday. What are your Friday day/night plans? I'm chilling w/ a charcoal mask before I consider doing anything tbh [sic].’ Days earlier, she took to the photo sharing app to upload a series of scantily clad snaps, taken while on her Parisian getaway with her long-time beau. Posing seductively in a black bra and jeans, Imogen flaunted her ample assets and taunt tummy for the camera. She left her long hair out and straight, while opting for a smokey eye look. She added a dusting of pink powder on her cheeks and a layer of peach coloured lipstick onto her plump lips. The beauty opted for minimal accessories, only adding a black choker around her neck to keep the focus on her ribald look. She captioned the snap: ‘Wicked Games. Throwback to our Parisian adventure.’ Again she posted another two pictures of herself in the same outfit, but in different stances. In one picture, the model is seen looking away from the camera while popping her hip to one side to show off her flawless figure. Meanwhile, in another picture the designer sticks her tongue out in a playful pose.

2016-04-02 01:01 Jessica Aquilina www.dailymail.co.uk

75 How I friended Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Colbert: Zach Anner on comedy and cerebral palsy (“The sexiest of the palsies”) Topics: Zachary Dean Anner , Books , Life stories , excerpts , Oprah Winfrey , Stephen Colbert , Editor's Picks , Innovation News , Life News , Entertainment News “So, what does Oprah smell like?” People ask me this question all the time, because in the fall of 2010 I got to sit across from Oprah Winfrey for twenty minutes. It was during the second-to-last episode of Your OWN Show as part of a press junket challenge where the final three contestants were interviewed by TV Guide and Entertainment Tonight, and then at the end were surprised by the queen herself for a one-on-one pleasant chat/most important job interview of our lives. The only difference between me and the other two contestants vying for their own shows was that I was not surprised. When Oprah came up behind me, tapped me on the shoulder, and said warmly, “Hey, fancy meeting you here!” my response was a casual and generally muppety, “Hellooo! I was expecting you!” I’d put two and two together that this was how the day was going to end as soon as I saw that producers who normally wore jeans and an eternal five o’clock shadow were now clean-shaven, wearing sport coats, and whispering about somebody with the code name “Big Bird.” Big Bird and I hit it off instantly, probably because I didn’t lean in to sniff her wrist as soon as we met. She asked me a question I’d gotten used to answering over the past couple of months since my audition video had gone viral. “When did you realize that you were different?” “Well, I knew I was in a wheelchair, obviously,” I quipped. “They didn’t shield that from me!” Oprah laughed, but the truth is that I’d lived with CP my entire life and I’d rarely had to articulate my feelings about it—that is, until I was inadvertently thrust into the role of advocate and spokesperson for everyone with a physical disability. I’d wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember. First, I thought I’d be an actor. Growing up in the early ’90s gave me great hope that the advent of CGI would one day allow me to play the action hero Bruce Willis/Harrison Ford-type roles, with a pair of fully functioning running and jumping legs inserted during post-production. When I was five years old I auditioned for the role of Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol. Seeing as I was the only applicant who was both tiny and crippled, I thought I was a shoe-in for the part, but I didn’t even get a callback. Undeterred, I continued to audition for school plays and musicals with zero success. I chalked up my lackluster career to a lack of mobility until college, when I realized the truth—I’m just a really, really shitty actor. The only two characters I can play convincingly are myself and a dumber and sweeter version of myself. So sometime in early adulthood, I consciously stopped attempting to act. I decided instead to hone my skills as an on-camera personality rather than holding out for computer-generated movie stardom. If I was gonna make it in entertainment, I was going to have to do it on the virtue of my charisma alone. I just had to find my voice and my angle to break in. I knew that cerebral palsy would probably hinder my leading man status, but I’d be lying if I didn’t also say I recognized that it set me apart. When I was filming my audition video, I checked my friend Aaron’s opening frame and gave him a direction I would normally avoid: “Go wider. They’ve gotta see the wheelchair right away.” I knew it would be off-putting to just see a guy with a lazy eye flailing his arms around like E. T. fleeing the CIA. But my instincts told me that if I showed the wheelchair and then went straight for the funny, I’d be more relatable than if I tried to hide it, and if I did this right, then by the end of the video my electric wheelchair and erratic movement would just be background noise. Over the years, I learned that in my career, unlike in life, sometimes my wheelchair is its own automatic door opener. I was able to win the OWN competition by applying one simple principle: be funny, and admit you suck before anyone else can call you out on it. In other words, make the narrative of your failure a comedy. I knew I hit the mark when John Mayer posted a vlog about me on his blog, saying that while watching my video, “the chair simply disappears,” which means that to the singer of “Your Body Is a Wonderland,” my body was not the focus, or, if taken literally, it means I can levitate. Both things are pretty cool. John Mayer even made good on a promise to write the theme song for Rollin’ with Zach and posed with me for goofy pictures backstage at a concert in Buffalo. But the storm of media attention surrounding my video brought with it some things that were far less comfortable than having a rock star sit on my lap. I was given a title I wasn’t prepared to own: Disabled Celebrity. I think we can all agree that Peter Dinklage is the best (technically) disabled person there is. When I was a kid, I didn’t have any dwarves to look up to, let alone any role models in wheelchairs. When people ask me who my heroes are, I never know how to answer that question because all the people I admired growing up were comedians and filmmakers and none of them had physical challenges. And though as a six-year-old in a tiny red wheelchair I could see virtue in FDR’s New Deal, Roosevelt’s reported womanizing barred him from idol status in my mind. Today the landscape has changed. People with Down syndrome star in movies, pop stars pretending to be in wheelchairs are on sitcoms, and, for the first time, people kinda maybe know what cerebral palsy is. Josh Blue won Last Comic Standing, and RJ Mitte became a household name by being the worst character on one of the best shows of all time. People with disabilities are more mainstream than ever. But there’s still one big problem that I see. Usually, the disability still comes first. Even on brilliant shows like Breaking Bad, where smaller ancillary characters are given emotional scenes and complex arcs, the guy with CP is used primarily as a device to make Walter White more sympathetic. Isn’t this drug kingpin’s life difficult? He has a son with a disability! RJ Mitte might be a good actor, but he’s given absolutely nothing to do besides whine and eat cereal. They only show his parents reacting to the prejudices he faces and they never give us any story lines about how he actually goes through life. Where are the episodes of Breaking Bad where Walt Jr. gets drunk at prom, or where he gets caught smoking pot with friends or masturbating into a meth beaker? So many missed opportunities to flesh this kid out! The reason we never see what he does or how he feels about anything is because characters with disabilities on television aren’t really portrayed as people. They’re just around to make you feel either good or bad by virtue of how other characters in the show respond to them. In 2008, when a show I was doing at the University of Texas called The Wingmen started getting some attention, a Hollywood agent sent me a script that he thought I’d be perfect for. It was a network sitcom about a crappy after-school chorus called Glee. To get me the audition, the agent had enthusiastically lied, “You need a guy in a wheelchair who’s a great singer? I got ’im!” I may have looked the part, but I can carry a tune about as well as I can carry an unborn baby. I was a horrible actor, but nevertheless, I put myself on tape reading lines and singing a rousingly pitchy rendition of Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark.” In the script, the character of Arty is locked in a porta-potty by cruel football players, only to be rescued by Finn, the quarterback with a heart of gold. Once again, the guy in the wheelchair is the helpless one. In this sitcom universe, the majority of the world is populated by prejudiced, narrow-minded jocks who trap cripples in toilets, and the one person who would not do that is the best person who has ever lived. I don’t know if that show ever went anywhere, but I didn’t get the role. It didn’t resonate with me. When Oprah Winfrey asked me, “What do you think the biggest misconception about people with disabilities is?” my answer was, “That people think they’re helpless and that their personalities are defined by their disabilities. . .. Get to know the person; the chair is incidental.” Unfortunately, more often than not, the entertainment industry gets it backward. When my Oprah audition went viral, I was given the chance to finally share my perspective on what it meant to actually live with cerebral palsy. People with disabilities are given a platform so rarely that as soon as I had the chance to speak, it was assumed that I would and could be the voice for everyone with any physical disability—paralysis, muscular dystrophy, whatever it was that the elephant man had, and the anomaly that caused Bill Murray to relive the same twenty- four hours over and over in Groundhog Day. When I spoke about my own life and how humor helped me face down discrimination and other challenges, most people were very receptive to my story. Others were adamant that in order for me to be seen as an individual, I needed to be on message, reciting a rigidly scripted, politically correct monologue every time a journalist asked me about my experience with CP. I had apparently gotten my own life wrong. That week when I became a household name overnight, I was getting about a hundred calls a day because it hadn’t occurred to me to take down a promo reel on my YouTube channel that ended with my personal phone number. Most of the calls were from fans—fathers whose children were disabled and were moved to tears by my message of hope, shrieking teenage girls, even other OWN show contestants who called to wish me luck and give me advice.

2016-04-02 02:15 Zachary Dean salon.com.feedsportal.com

76 Here's new cure for stress that will give 'elf 'n' safety the vapours! He is about to become public enemy number one for the health and safety brigade, the curse of council jobsworths up and down the land. No doubt a few sanctimonious tree-huggers will join in, shaking their heads at the mere mention of his name. But for anyone who has ever felt a little overwhelmed in a big city, or wanted to step out of the rat race for an hour or two, Jack Cooke will be something of an inspiration. For he is the author of one of the publishing sensations of the year: a book on the joys of climbing a tree in the urban jungle. Aimed squarely at grown-ups, it is not a manual for adrenaline junkies. Rather, it is a celebration of the simple pleasure of exploring just about the only place the modern city-dweller can find solitude these days — up a tree. After climbing hundreds of them across London, Jack, 30, has written a guide to 80 of his favourites. Some are like old friends and all have names — ‘The Crow’s Nest’, ‘The Black Horse’ and so on. ‘Once you’ve climbed a tree, you do feel a certain sense of ownership,’ says Jack. He has even spent a night sleeping in one, a hefty beech tree in Green Park (he strapped himself to the trunk with a harness, just in case he rolled off his perch). Along the way, he’s been chased by dogs — which have assumed anything scuttling out of a tree is a squirrel — and by squirrels themselves. He once found himself marooned above a graveyard at dusk, like a stranded cat. And he has found evidence of like-minded souls, in the form of graffiti in the most inaccessible reaches of some of London’s tallest trees. Having followed him up an octopus of a tree, a wonderfully gnarled, straggly Oriental plane called ‘The Corkscrew’ in London’s Battersea Park, I start to see his point. It’s not so much that the city looks different when you are up a tree. It’s that it doesn’t notice you at all. Everyone down below will look in every direction except one: up. ‘Every now and then, it’s good to step back from the city and take some time out,’ says Jack, whose only advice for would-be Tarzans is to keep things simple. ‘All you need is a book, a sandwich and something to hang up your bag,’ he explains. He takes a strap or piece of string — a briefcase or bag left at ground level is not only vulnerable to thieves, but at greater risk from the cocked leg of a passing dog. Jack rolls his eyes when I ask about safety equipment. ‘There’s nothing more uncomfortable than climbing in a harness and helmet,’ he says. When it comes to kit, nothing beats bare feet: ‘Rubber soles can slip and, wearing something like brogues, you could damage the tree.’ His only other basic advice is to remember the way you went up — it’s always harder getting down. ‘The first and greatest challenge is reaching the lowest branch of any given tree,’ he writes in The Tree Climber’s Guide. ‘This is the key that opens the trap door to the attic.’ Anything goes, he says. ‘Grapple, grope, claw and haul your way up. No true tree climber gives a damn about their dignity.’ It’s all about conquering the ‘bole’, the stretch of trunk that leads up to the ‘crown’, where the first branch opens out. I admit defeat attempting a mighty turkey oak in another part of the park. The bole is at least 15 ft high, with a few nobbly bits to cling to. Jack whizzes up to the ‘crown’ with relative ease. I can’t get a foothold. It’s frustrating, as the whole tree opens up thereafter and Jack is soon in the upper branches. In summer, when the foliage is fully grown, he’d be invisible up there. What about the law? In recent years, there have been absurd cases of community support officers slapping penalty notices on primary schoolchildren found in trees. ‘The rules are ambiguous; it seems to depend on local by-laws,’ says Jack. ‘No one’s tried to stop me.’ His only run-in with police was after a climb in Brompton Cemetery, West London. ‘I’d been up a Monterey pine — it had a great view of Chelsea’s stadium — and was brushing needles out of my hair when a police car came screaming through the gate. ‘This cop said: “You’ve been up a tree.” It sounded a bit heavy-handed, until it turned out that someone had reported a suicide attempt. They thought I was going to hang myself.’ But no one interrupts us in the course of a morning’s ape-like behaviour in Battersea Park. This is a council-run park and a council spokesman says he has ‘no idea’ what the policy is on tree- climbing. The Royal Parks, custodian of the capital’s best-known open spaces, says it doesn’t permit tree-climbing due to the risk to the climber, those below and the tree itself. But enforcement is left to the police, who generally issue a verbal warning, though ‘repeat offenders’ risk a summons for breach of Royal Parks regulation number 4.4. For centuries, all this was governed by the oldest law in existence: common sense. Children have been shinning up trees since time immemorial and, with 7.5 million trees in London, I can’t see why a few shouldn’t enjoy human company. As adults, few of us have ever considered heaving ourselves into their branches as a means of relaxation. Nor had Jack until a couple of years ago, when he was working in London on the upper floors of an office overlooking Regent’s Park. One day, the caretaker left a rooftop skylight open and a curious Jack climbed through it. ‘There was this sea of green below. It just looked different from up there,’ he says. During his lunch hour, he went into the park, ‘hopped into a pine’ and started taking photos on his phone. ‘From then on, I wanted to climb as many trees as I could.’ Some were in parks, some in churchyards, some in the middle of roundabouts. He received a few funny looks — ‘some people think if an adult is in a tree, he must be some sort of pervert’ — but most people were simply unaware he was there. Then he had the idea of a book. He wrote a sample chapter and crossed his fingers, only to find five publishing houses were fighting over him. Books that help us reconnect with our youth are all the rage. Hence the demand for grown-up colouring-in pads and Ladybird’s new books for adults, which use artwork from the classic children’s series in titles such as The Husband and The Hangover. The originality of Jack’s idea, along with his lyrical style, secured him a whopping advance — reported to be in the region of £75,000 — from HarperCollins. So was he a keen tree-climber in his youth? ‘Not particularly. I grew up on a potato farm in Suffolk and most of the big trees had been blown down in the 1987 hurricane.’ Packed off to prep school in Oxfordshire, followed by Harrow, he actually had a fear of heights. ‘I got terrible vertigo doing rock-climbing on some cliffs.’ After university in York and a course in Japanese history in London, he was working for an Anglo-Japanese charity when the tree-climbing began. From the outset, he has stuck to a general rule not to climb any protected trees: ‘I leave the old and venerable to their retirement.’ There are delightful sketches throughout the book by illustrator Jennifer Pitchers. She is Jack’s wife, and was pregnant with their son during most of his research. She remains happier on terra firma. His climbing can be alarming for those on the ground — not least for the two men sharing a reefer below a tree in Regent’s Park one evening. ‘I had been up there for a while, and I waited and waited. But they carried on smoking so, in the end, I dropped down to the ground. There was this terrible scream and they ran off.’ He had a bit of a shock himself when a tree he climbed in Lincoln’s Inn Fields was already occupied by a middle-aged man in a suit. ‘He was on his lunch break and had decided to get away from it all. Since he was there first, I decided to take a subordinate branch.’ Many will love this enchanting book without going near a tree. There will be those who argue that it is the height of irresponsibility. But none will be as angry as the resident of the maple tree Jack was enjoying in St John’s Wood one day. ‘I was reading my book and suddenly, I started getting hit,’ he says. ‘It was a squirrel bombarding me with nut shells. He thought it was his tree. And I suppose it was.’

2016-04-02 00:58 Robert Hardman www.dailymail.co.uk

77 Jessie J touches down at Sydney airport wearing edgy ripped jeans Jessie J opted for a cool and casual look when she arrived at Sydney airport on Saturday. The 28-year-old British musician was seen strolling through the terminal, wearing a sleek black long- sleeved blouse teamed with jeans. Her denim trousers had an edgy touch to them, thanks to the rips throughout the light blue fabric. Jessie slipped her feet into a pair of black heeled boots, and also opted for a few statement accessories to complete her look. She sported a gold chain necklace and a pair of cool shades, while keeping her makeup relatively natural so as not to retract attention from her cropped hairdo. It looks like Jessie had jetted into Australia from the US, after sharing some scenic shots of Los Angeles on her Instagram account over the last few days. Jessie is in the country to commit to her role as a judge on the next local season of The Voice. She is on the panel alongside the likes of Delta Goodrem, Ronan Keating and Benji and Joel Madden. Last week Jessie uploaded a playful picture of the whole team in what appeared to be the first unofficial group shot from the set. Cutting a statuesque figure, Jessie oozed elegance in a chic black and white satin J. W. Anderson blouse, which was styled further with high-waisted trousers and heels. Meanwhile, Australian beauty Delta looked sensational in a demure jumpsuit that boasted a sexy neckline with criss-cross detail. Boyzone crooner and new judge Ronan kept his cool in a denim jacket and dark skintight jeans, while the Good Charlotte rockers opted for trademark black.

2016-04-02 00:58 Alicia Vrajlal www.dailymail.co.uk

78 Two men launch Australia's first mobile laundry for the homeless A pair of young men who started a mobile laundry business for the homeless have expanded to five states across Australia, driving vans custom-fit with washers and dryers across the country. Lucas Patchett and Nicholas Marchesi, both 20, launched Orange Sky Laundry in July, 2014 to boost health standards among the homeless community and wash up to 10 kilograms of clothes while their customers eat. The service originated in Brisbane then expanded to the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, before being launched in Adelaide with the help of a brand new van called 'Peggy'. There are currently around 400 volunteers in five states and the group hope by saving around $10 on a load of washing, their customers can instead use the money for food or housing, Nine News reported. According to Orange Sky Laundry's Facebook page, More than 9,500 people are homeless on any given night in Western Australia. The vans are available five days a week and position themselves in parks or recreational areas. They note their locations on the website and encourage conversation between their customers and volunteers. 'You put a smile on my dial, the best way to have happiness is by talking,' Orange Sky Laundry user Steve said. Mr Patchett and Mr Marchesi were named Young Australians of the Year in 2016 for their work.

2016-04-02 00:58 Lucy Mae www.dailymail.co.uk

79 US Spy Agency Selects St. Louis Location Over Illinois A U. S. spy agency seeking a new $1.6 billion home for its western regional headquarters expects to remain in St. Louis rather than move to the city's Illinois suburbs. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which has called St. Louis home for more than 70 years, announced Thursday that the preferred location for the project is a blighted area in north St. Louis that city leaders hope will see an economic turnaround. The neighborhood was previously the site of a razed high-rise public housing complex, Pruitt-Igoe, which became shorthand for the failure of a mid- 20th century social policy. The agency's choice follows efforts by Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, the state's two U. S. senators and several members of Congress to lure the NGA West project to a location across the Mississippi River near Scott Air Force Base in St. Clair County, 25 miles east of downtown St. Louis. The two-state battle drew public notice to a government agency that prefers less attention. A branch of the Department of Defense with close ties to the U. S. Air Force and the CIA, the agency helped map lunar surfaces for moon landings nearly half a century ago and aided in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The Illinois site's early offer of hundreds of acres of free land was matched several weeks ago by St. Louis, which stood to lose the more than $2 million per year in income taxes paid by NGA employees who work at an aging complex south of downtown near the longtime Anheuser-Busch brewery. Efforts by St. Louis to promote the advantages of an urban location — from shorter commutes to more abundant after-work amenities — resonated with agency director Robert Cardillo. "The St. Louis city site provides NGA with the most technological, academic and professional environment," he said, adding that an urban base is preferable to "attract, recruit and retain" the agency's more than 3,000 high-tech workers. Cardillo told The Associated Press that a final decision would be made in two months, after a public comment period and likely more intense lobbying from Illinois. "We believe St. Clair County's proposed site offers the best choice for the agency's security and future expansion, with easy access to the city of St. Louis by both road and rail," Rauner spokeswoman Catherine Kelly said in a statement. Republican U. S. Sen. Mark Kirk said he would "take full advantage of the comment period to point out that Illinois is best equipped to protect men and women in uniform. " In a joint statement Friday, Illinois elected officials said they were disappointed by the decision. "We're going to continue to work hard and see through this process of relocating the agency to the site adjacent to Scott Air Force Base," U. S. Sen. Dick Durbin, and U. S. Reps. Rodney Davis and Mike Bost said in the emailed statement. A jubilant St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, joined by other city officials with equally wide grins at a City Hall news conference, called the announcement a "really big win" for a city whose civic pride has been battered by the recent departure of its NFL team to Los Angeles and the reverberations from a fatal police shooting and protests in nearby Ferguson. "We're not going to sit back and take this for granted," Slay said, referring to the city's plans to turn the preliminary nod into a final commitment. U. S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, U. S. Rep. William Lacy Clay and Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, all Democrats, and Republicans U. S. Sen. Roy Blunt and Rep. Ann Wagner hailed the decision as a bipartisan victory for St. Louis' economic development. In a statement Friday, Clay called for support during the public comment period, saying the community must "stand up, step up and speak up to help us cement this historic victory. " ——— Follow Alan Scher Zagier on Twitter at http://twitter.com/azagier

2016-04-02 00:57 By abcnews.go.com

80 Universities 'fail to ban radicals' Universities are failing in their legal duty to combat campus extremism following rising numbers of events involving radical speakers, it has been claimed. Twenty-seven lectures featuring guests with extremist views took place at London institutions between September 2015 and January this year – a rise of seven in 12 months. The majority went ahead with no one else on the platform to 'provide any kind of balance', according to the Henry Jackson Society's Student Rights project. One speaker was invited to address students at King's College London despite having claimed that homosexuality was 'evil', an 'abomination' and a 'criminal act'. The report said this event was originally cancelled last September and 'rescheduled', eventually taking place in January this year. Another speaker was invited to London South Bank University even though they had previously claimed 'Jews are evil'. The disturbing findings come despite the introduction last year of new legislation requiring universities to comply with the Government's 'Prevent' programme for tackling extremism. The legislation was prompted by the terror activities of ex-London students including Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed 'Jihadi John', who was killed in a US air strike and 'underpants bomber' Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. The report says: 'Too many institutions are still allowing events featuring extreme or intolerant speakers to go ahead without ensuring adequate challenge. 'While it is important that universities ensure compliance with their statutory responsibility to protect freedom of expression, it is not enough to state... that the 'events were legal', or that they do not believe any of the recorded content from the events was extreme.' Universities named in the report include University College London, the Institute of Education, King's College, Kingston University and London's School of Oriental and African Studies. Claims by some speakers included assertions the 'Prevent' policy was part of a 'racist white supremacist agenda' and that terrorist atrocities had been fabricated, the report warned. An event at Kingston University included former student Bashir Ibrahim who claimed the security services' 'modus operandi' was harassing Muslims, using the cases of Emwazi and Lee Rigby's killer, Michael Adebolajo, to support his allegations. A speaker at the Institute of Education included Moazzam Begg, director of outreach at CAGE, an organisation with a long history of defending convicted terrorists. A terrorism case against Begg collapsed in October 2014 but he accepted he had been in Syria training fighters, the report claimed. Another speaker at the School of Oriental and African Studies was south African politician Julius Malema – convicted of 'hate speech' in South Africa for saying a rape victim must have had a 'nice time' and for his campaign song 'Shoot the Boer'. Campus chiefs yesterday said they comply with the new law and are committed to protecting students from radicalisation while maintaining open debate. But Student Rights director, Rupert Sutton, said: 'Given the history of UK campus radicalisation, university action hasn't been good enough. 'Institutions must ensure at minimum that any extreme speakers invited there face balanced platforms and robust challenge.' The Higher Education Funding Council for England is responsible for monitoring universities' compliance with their new legal duty to prevent extremism. Institutions had until yesterday to submit the policies and procedures they will use to achieve this. Any university which fails to comply can be referred to the Home Secretary who has the power to order it to obey the law.

2016-04-02 00:56 Sarah Harris www.dailymail.co.uk

81 Despite criticism, EU plans are ready to deport refugees ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece is pressing ahead with plans to start deporting migrants and refugees back to Turkey next week, despite mounting concern from the United Nations and human rights organizations that Syrians could be denied proper protection while some are allegedly even being forced back into their war- torn country. Lawmakers in Athens Friday voted 169-107 to back draft legislation, fast-tracked through parliament, to allow the returns to start as soon as Monday. The operation would see migrants and refugees who arrived on Greek islands after March 20 put on boats and sent back to Turkey. Several Greek officials with knowledge of the planning told the AP that deportations are likely to start from the island of Lesbos, with migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries whose asylum claims are considered inadmissible. The transport, the officials said, will be carried out under heavy security escort -- with one police minder for every migrant -- using buses that will travel from island detention camps and are likely to board straight onto chartered vessels. The officials asked not to be identified because plans for the forced returns have not been formally announced. The imminent deportations are backed by the European Union following its recent agreement with Turkey, and triggered more violence at detention camps in Greece. Authorities on the Greek island of Chios said several hundred people pushed their way out of an overcrowded detention camp and staged a peaceful protest in the island's main town, chanting "freedom, freedom" and "Turkey no. " The rally followed overnight clashes between Syrian and Afghan detainees that left five people injured. More protests are planned on the island Saturday. In Geneva, Switzerland, the United Nations refugee agency, or UNHCR, urged Greece and Turkey to provide further safeguards for asylum seekers before the returns begin, noting that conditions were worsening by the day for more than 4,000 people being held in detention on Greek islands. And rights group Amnesty International, which has strongly opposed the EU-Turkey agreement from the start, said in a report Friday that it had evidence of Turkish authorities rounding up Syrians and sending them back across the border to their conflict-torn country. The group said Turkey has been expelling around 100 men, women and children nearly daily since mid-January. "EU leaders have willfully ignored the simplest of facts: Turkey is not a safe country for Syrian refugees," Amnesty's Europe and Central Asia Director John Dalhuisen said. Greek officials did not respond to the criticism directly, but insisted the rights of detained asylum seekers were being protected. "I assure you that we will strictly observe human rights procedures, not what people are inventing, but what is required under the circumstances," Migration Affairs Minister Ioannis Mouzalas told parliament. The clashes on Chios were the latest in a series of violent incidents at shelters and gathering points across Greece, where more than 52,000 migrants and refugees are stranded following EU-supported Balkan border closures. More than 11,000 of those stranded remain camped out at the Greek-Macedonian border, ignoring calls by the government to move voluntarily to organized shelters. Many say they have heard conditions in other camps are worse, and they fear what they might find if they are forced to move. Karzan Kmaran, a 28-year-old Iraqi from near the city of Mosul, said he still hoped that the borders would open. "We are waiting for hope. Here, the place is very sad for the people, and we don't know what to do," he said, standing by a queue of people lining up for food and baby milk. "The people, they don't want to stay in Greece, because Greece now is in crisis, the economy is so bad. " Mohammed Ali, a 45-year-old pharmacologist from the embattled town of Deir el-Zour, fled Syria with his 19-year-old son, fearing that the young man would be forcibly recruited by the Syrian army or killed by the Islamic State group. They have been in the camp for a month. "Look at these people here," he said, sweeping his arm across the camp as its residents began to stir at daybreak. "You know Victor Hugo, the French writer? He wrote a book -- "Les Miserables. " In the 21st Century, we stand in the land of Hugo. " Ali said he was "a rich man" in Syria. "I had two houses, and a car. But with the war, everything is lost," he said. His houses were damaged in Russian airstrikes. "I had a car, a Mazda. Gone too. Now, I have shoes instead. They are my Formula 1. " ___ Becatoros reported from Idomeni, Greece. Lorne Cook in Brussels, Jamey Keaten in Geneva and Costas Kantouris in Thessaloniki, Greece, contributed. ___ Follow Gatopoulos at http://www.twitter.com/dgatopoulos and Becatoros at http://www.twitter.com/ElenaBec ___ Online: UNHCR Statement: http://ow.ly/10aP3I Amnesty International statement: http://ow.ly/10adlb Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

2016-04-02 00:56 Associated Press mynorthwest.com

82 DR MAX: Why are doctors so poor at looking after the dying? Years ago, I was working on a ward where a man was dying of cancer. He knew his time was running out and he wanted to do one very simple thing: escape the suffocating confines of the hospital for an hour or so, and sit in the sunshine outside. It was spring, and he could see the gorgeous blue sky beckoning to him from outside the grimy window. He just wanted to feel the sun warming his bones one last time; the quiver in the air of life returning to the world as his own ebbed away. ‘No,’ said the ward sister. ‘Health and safety. You might trip up on the stairs — and then where would we be?’ Honestly. That’s what she said. Can you believe it? And she wouldn’t budge. A nurse and I had to wait until our own shifts were over, and she’d gone home. Then, each holding an arm, we helped the patient outside in his dressing gown and sat with him in that blissful spring sunshine on a bench beside the car park. We relished the gentle warmth on our bodies almost as much as he did. I thought about that sister when I read this week’s report by the Royal College of Physicians on the sometimes shameful standard of NHS care for the dying. Hospitals are meant to provide round-the-clock access to specialist palliative care teams, trained in helping people as they near their final moments. But thousands of patients are being denied that care. Instead, it’s often the most junior doctors — who, by definition, have the least experience — who are covering wards at night when people give up the ghost. And while palliative care teams do magnificent work, looking after the dying can never be something hospitals just leave to specialists. Every doctor and nurse should see it as an essential part of their job — and I’m not talking only about pain relief. When I worked in palliative care, I was frequently astonished at the degree of discomfort that people would tolerate if their emotional well-being was being looked after. For example, patients would often choose to be in pain rather than use morphine if it meant that they were more awake when their grandchildren visited. Yet doctors tend to ignore the psychological dimension of death, because they get so hung up on what is happening to people’s bodies. The problem is that doctors aren’t very good with dying people. Medicine is supposed to be up-beat: its aim is to save, improve, extend life. That’s what the medical school curriculum focuses on, and it’s what drew me to become a doctor. Throughout my time at medical school, death was the one area that was never touched on. I was taught about the weirdest and most obscure medical conditions that affect only a handful of people, but death — that most universal of problems? Not a thing. In fact, when I graduated and was released onto the wards, I wasn’t even sure how to tell if someone actually was dead (it’s harder than you’d think). I remember when I first had to seriously engage with a dying patient. Mrs Richards was in her 60s, with spectacles perched carefully on the end of her nose. She was prim and proper but painfully thin. ‘Hello, I’m a medical student doing surgery. Do you mind if I ask you some questions?’ I said, as I sidled up to her bed. ‘Of course not, dear — it’s so boring just sitting here,’ she beamed, and moved a pile of magazines so I could have a seat. She leant forward and touched me on the knee: ‘I think I should tell you, dear, I’m dying.’ I stared at her. Dying? For what? A dry martini? I was that naïve. ‘I’ve got cancer in my bowels and it’s spread to my liver. I heard one of the nurses say that I’ll be gone by the end of the summer. I haven’t let on that I know — I don’t like to upset them,’ she said quietly. This was not good news. I was totally out of my depth. B ut I had a choice. Either I made my excuses and left, or I stayed and chatted. And somewhere in my heart, I realised what a betrayal it would be if I took the easy option. ‘I’m not dead yet. It’s a blessing in a way,’ said Mrs Richards cheerily. ‘I’ve got a few months to do all the things I’ve ever wanted.’ So, not knowing what else to do, I set about making a bucket list with her. At the top was seeing Verdi’s Nabucco at the London Coliseum, but it was sold out. She sighed. It was the opera she saw on honeymoon 50 years ago. Time was pressing and I should have been on a ward round by now, but I didn’t go. Instead, a few hours later, Mrs Richards had two tickets to Nabucco in her hand, courtesy of a very kind box-office manager. As I left the hospital, I bumped into my consultant. ‘And where were you today?’ he asked sternly. ‘I had to go to the opera,’ I winced. His face changed. ‘Good for you,’ he smiled. ‘Nothing like a bit of opera, that’s what I say. Much better than all that studying.’ I couldn’t agree more. A deeply disturbing paper was published this week in the Journal Of Medical Ethics. It argued the case for allowing doctors in Belgium and the Netherlands —where euthanasia is legal — to remove organs from consenting euthanasia patients while they are still alive, so they can be used in transplants. It made me squirm. The author argues this would improve the chance of the organs surviving, but it feels like using human bodies as a crop to be harvested. What really shocked me, though, was new research, quoted in the article, showing that in the Netherlands a significant number of those opting for euthanasia have a mental illness. Many have a personality disorder — an umbrella term used to describe deeply ingrained maladaptive patterns of behaviour. These result in serious difficulties with personal relationships and with functioning in society. Now, I am not minimising the pain that mental illness can bring. I think that, in many ways, it’s worse than any physical pain. But how can this justify euthanasia? Having a personality disorder is quite different to having some incurable, degenerative condition. There are very good and well-established treatments for personality disorders. They’re not quick fixes and require intensive, long-term psychotherapy — but studies have shown that, over time, the vast majority of people do get better. I have worked in personality disorder services on and off for years, and one of the defining characteristics of the condition is emotional instability and impulsivity. People frequently self-harm or attempt suicide in the heat of the moment, when they are overwhelmed by their emotions, only to change their mind later. The idea that society would indulge these urges with state-sanctioned euthanasia chills me to the core. The very essence of many mental illnesses is feeling hopeless. It’s the job of doctors to hold on to hope for the patient, and remind them that things do get better, not collude with them and help them die. Euthanasia is a topic on which I’m deeply torn. But helping the mentally ill kill themselves is a road Britain must never, ever go down. OK, someone has got to ask: what’s happened to Renée Zellweger? I mean, the real one. Because the person who was promoting the new Bridget Jones movie this week looks absolutely nothing like the Renée we all know. For goodness’ sake, I look more like Renée Zellweger than she does. The mystery of what’s happened to the real Renée began in 2014 when she appeared on the red carpet looking like an entirely different person. Renée herself dismissed the furore this week, saying she wasn’t interested in anyone else’s opinion on her looks. In fact, she puts her entirely different face down to the fact that she’s ‘happy’. Now look, Renée, I’m happy, too. I wake up full of the joys of spring most days. But I don’t then find an entirely different person in the mirror. Facial recognition is a fundamental part of our neurological processing. It’s one of the brain’s most astonishing and underrated skills. We can each remember around 10,000 faces, and we are also very good at adjusting for age, with research showing that we can still recognise people even if we haven’t seen them for decades. Nice try, Renée, but you’re defying science. We know that’s not your face. What's happening to our children? Reading reports this week of nurseries having to expel children as young as one for violent behaviour, you’d think we were bringing up a generation of tiny psychopaths. But hang on. Do we really think there’s been some weird genetic change in our infants, turning them into murderous maniacs if anyone takes their rusk away? No, they’re not the problem: we are. The adult world has placed those who work in nurseries (and schools, for that matter) in a straitjacket when it comes to discipline. Many nurseries do not allow staff even to tell children off, for fear it may ‘traumatise’ them. As for a slap on the leg, send in a SWAT team to stop that abuser now! The result? Children push the boundaries, as they’ve always done, and find no resistance. What madness. No child has ever been traumatised by being properly disciplined. Letting them grow up with no sense of right and wrong is far more damaging than a sharp telling off.

2016-04-02 00:54 Dr Max www.dailymail.co.uk

83 Tax penalty for families who have a granny flat Families who own homes with ‘granny flats’ could be forced to knock them down if they want to sell their houses after being hit by a new tax. As many as 33,000 homeowners live in properties with a self-contained flat for an elderly relative. Under tax rules introduced yesterday, they will be classed as owning two properties if they try to sell up. That means the person who tries to buy their home will have to pay an extra 3 per cent on the value of properties as stamp duty. It would increase the cost of buying a £300,000 house with a granny flat by £9,000. The levy was supposed to hit buy-to-let landlords who snap up multiple properties. When announcing the measures, the Government said it wanted to discourage landlords from outbidding first-time buyers who were struggling to climb the housing ladder. But it has emerged that families who are trying to look after vulnerable relatives will also be caught in the new tax net, making their homes less attractive to buyers. It left the Government open to accusations of double-standards after spending years encouraging people to look after elderly family members at home – rather than overburdening the NHS or care homes – only to pummel them with this unexpected blow. Simon Bottery, of charity Independent Age, told the Daily Telegraph : ‘Granny flats are a really good solution for families who want to keep their relations close by and if anything the Government should be doing more to encourage this.’ While families will not be hit by a tax increase immediately, they could face difficulties if they need to sell as buyers could be put off by the effective price increase. As a result, experts say many may decide to knock down their annexes or self-contained flats rather than cutting prices by thousands of pounds in order to attract buyers. Johnny Morris, of estate agent Countrywide, said: ‘This appears to be an unintended consequence of the new tax and possibly not what the Government wants. ‘It will definitely reduce the value of affected homes – possibly by up to 3 per cent. To avoid this, annexe owners are likely to make physical adjustments to their homes, such as knocking down walls.’ A Treasury spokesman said: ‘Supporting home ownership and first-time buyers is a key priority for the Government. That is why we’ve introduced a range of policies to improve the people’s chances to get on to the property ladder. ‘The higher rates of stamp duty are intended to reduce the competition for first-time buyers and other owner-occupiers who want to get on the housing ladder.’ The spokesman said only self-contained granny flats that are worth more than £40,000 or could be sold as separate properties in their own right would be hit – fewer than 1,000 of the properties sold every year.

2016-04-02 00:53 Dan Hyde www.dailymail.co.uk

84 Madonna sues co-op after it rules children cannot be there without her Madge is not having a good run with her New York properties and neighbours. Madonna has filed a lawsuit against the co-op board of her Upper West Side apartment building for enforcing a new rule that requires her to be present when her children or her staff are living in the building. According to Page Six , the 57-year- old claims Harperley Hall's board changed her original proprietary lease two years ago - something she says they did illegally - and now is trying to unfairly enforce the change. Scroll down for video In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan, the star claims the board has made it a rule that her children and domestic help cannot live in the $7.3 million pad unless she is also 'in residence'. Madonna has three minor children David Banda, 10 and Mercy James, nine, and estranged son Rocco, 15. The co-op has also made it a rule that anyone under 16 cannot live in the home without a person over 21 being present, so daughter Lourdes, 19, cannot look after her younger siblings either. While the changes applies to all in the building, the singing sensation claims when she purchased the property and signed her co-op agreement years prior, the rule was apartment could be used by herself and her spouse as well as any other family members, her children, and her domestic employees. According to Madonna's lawsuit, she cannot be expected to be in the home with her children at all times as, after all, she is a pop star. The star's lawyers write in the suit, as reported by Page Six: '[The] Plaintiff is a world-renowned recording artist, performer and singer who is constantly on world tours. 'As such, [the] plaintiff owns many residences around the world and travels extensively worldwide.' One of those residences is just across Central Park and has also seen the Papa Don't Preach star going toe-to-toe with her neighbours. Last month the Dailymail.com revealed that Madge had erected fake 'No parking' signs outside her $40m Upper East Side town home. The move - which also included painting the gutter yellow - angered her neighbours and Department of Transportation, who threatened to fine the star unless she removed the signage and paint. Madonna is certainty gunning for her fair share of court days as her civil suit comes as she battles ex Guy Ritchie over custody of their son Rocco. The 15-year-old chose to live with his father in London rather than with his mom, who has been touring until recently with her worldwide Rebel Heart Tour.

2016-04-02 00:53 Chelsea White www.dailymail.co.uk

85 80% of over 50s are baffled by the new state pension plan The majority of those approaching retirement are ignorant of vital details of the new state pension, a survey revealed yesterday. Four in five over- 50s do not know if they will be affected when the new pension system comes into effect next week. The same number do not even know what their pension age will be – while nearly half do not know how much money they are entitled to. This is despite more than two thirds of people aged between 50 and 64 being aware that changes are on the way. Consumer group Which? warned that there is widespread confusion about the system just days ahead of its introduction on Wednesday. The organisation called on ministers to do more to ensure those affected know what will happen. According to the survey carried out by the group, just 20 per cent of middle-aged people are aware of the state pension age – despite dramatic rises for women in particular seeing it reach 65 for both sexes by the end of 2018. Meanwhile four in ten (44 per cent) could not say what the new pension rate will be. From 6 April, those entitled to the full benefit will get £155.65 a week – compared with the current basic state pension of £115.95. Alarmingly, the survey found that nearly one in five, 18 per cent, did not know if they had ever been contracted out of the state system. Those who have opted out, even for short periods, may find themselves left with a much smaller pension than they are expecting. Over half, 55 per cent, were unaware that they can top up their state pension by making extra national insurance payments until next April. Which? said that although the new system was meant to simplify matters, ‘there is still confusion about how the new system impacts consumers’. Director Richard Lloyd said: ‘Next week sees major changes to the state pension, which forms a core part of many people’s retirement income. ‘While it is promising to see that awareness of the changes is high, we’re only half way there. More needs to be done to make sure that people understand what they are and what they mean.’ Ministers said anyone over 50 can get a written estimate of how much their state pension might be worth. Pensions minister Ros Altmann added: ‘It is vital that people check what their state pension is likely to be, especially when planning their future later life income. ‘The Government is introducing a new state pension system which will be easier to understand and a new digital online individual state pension forecast will be available to make things much easier. ‘This is in public testing now and in the meantime anyone over age 50 can get a written statement showing their estimated state pension.’ The survey was carried out by GMI among 1,000 people aged 50 to 64.

2016-04-02 00:51 Steve Doughty www.dailymail.co.uk

86 Hilary Duff treats herself to some retail therapy Hilary Duff nailed the casually chic look as she indulged in a little retail therapy in Los Angeles earlier today. Her shopping trip comes after the singer was spotted riding on the back of her personal trainer Jason Walsh's motorcycle as they headed to Hollywood hot spot Petit Trois on Tuesday. On Friday, Hilary kept her outfit casual in a loose white sweater, a pair of black leggings and some stylish black and white Nike sneakers. Scroll down for video In addition to spending time with her trainer, Hilary has been spending a lot of time with her four-year-old son Luca too. The singer shares her son with ex-husband, hockey player Mike Cromrie. The couple finalized their divorce in February. Earlier this week, Hilary shared a sweet snap of her with Luca on Instagram, writing 'Kid crushes my heart one cuddle at a time'. And she gave fans a sneak peak into her healthy lifestyle as she shared a super-healthy snap on Instagram. She said: 'When yo mama Luvs you. She makes you spinach dip.' Clearly her strenuous fitness routine and healthy lifestyle are working as the 28-year-old beauty shared a flawless make-up free selfie earlier this week.

2016-04-02 00:50 Michelle Ganney www.dailymail.co.uk

87 EU referendum: Leave campaigns face left-wing rival The Trade Union and Socialist Coalition has launched a bid to be designated as the official campaign to get Britain out of the European Union. And it is threatening legal action if either Vote Leave or Grassroots Out are chosen instead. The party says neither group can speak for anti- austerity campaigners who want to leave the EU, due to their "pro-business" and "reactionary" views. A decision will be made by the Electoral Commission on 14 April. The Commission can select one designated lead campaign for both the "Leave" and "Remain" sides ahead of the referendum on EU membership on 23 June. The watchdog will judge each applicant's merits on the basis of a range of criteria , such as level of cross-party support, campaign tactics and organisational capacity. The chosen campaigns will get access to a grant of up to £600,000, an overall spending limit of £7m, campaign broadcasts, free mailshots and free access to meeting rooms. On the Leave side, it had been expected to be a straight fight between two groups - Vote Leave, which is backed by London Mayor Boris Johnson, cabinet ministers including Michael Gove, UKIP MP Douglas Carswell - and Grassroots Out, which is supported by Tory MPs Peter Bone and Tom Pursglove, UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Labour MP Kate Hoey among others. But in a surprise move the TUSC has joined the fray by applying to the Electoral Commission for selection as the official Leave campaign. Only one group, Britain Stronger in Europe, has applied to be the lead Remain campaign. The TUSC claims the other exit groups cannot meet the test set down by the 2000 Political Parties and Representation Act requiring referendum campaigners to "adequately represent" all those campaigning for a desired outcome. "We want the Electoral Commission to recognise the reality that while we can't claim to represent the hedge funds which fund UKIP and the Tories, they can't claim to represent the anti- austerity millions who want their voices to be heard," said Clive Heemskerk, the TUSC's national agent. Choosing either Vote Leave or Grassroots Out to carry the flag for the Leave campaign would be a "political decision", Mr Heemskerk said, which would exclude all those arguing for "an exit left" strategy and would give the Remain campaign a "five to ten point boost". While admitting the TUSC's original intention was to call for neither group to be chosen, he said it had submitted a "serious application" after concluding its concerns would not be addressed. The TUSC was only set up in 2010 - but Mr Heemskerk said its anti-EU stance was rooted in the left's historic opposition to the Union as a vehicle for corporate interests. He dismissed Labour supporters of Vote Leave and Grassroots Out as "pro-business Blarites". The TUSC application is being fronted by ex-MP Dave Nellist, a former backbench ally of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Mr Nellist was deselected as a Labour candidate in 1992 and later expelled from the party for his links to the Trotskyist group Militant. Mr Heemskerk said Mr Corbyn's personal scepticism about the EU was well known but Labour's official policy of campaigning to remain in had been "dictated" by those on the centre and centre-right of the party. "The socialist voice against the EU has been muzzled," he claimed. "It is a tragedy that Tony Benn and Bob Crow died two years ago. They would have been crystal clear. " The TUC, the main umbrella group for Britain's trade unions, backs staying in the EU although some unions are uneasy about Labour's role in the campaign so far and some have decided to remain neutral. Rail union the RMT, which is not affiliated to Labour and which has funded its own anti-EU party in the past, is bankrolling the TUSC bid to for official designation. Mr Heemskerk said other unions were considering their stance and Unison, on whose executive committee TUSC has strong representation, could support its call to not cooperate with the Leave campaign. Asked whether TUSC had the organisational capacity to run a referendum campaign, he said it put up more than 130 candidates at last year's general election and joked that the RMT had shown itself able to "bring London to a standstill" in past Tube strike action. He also warned the party would not rule anything out if "its arguments were not listened to". "If we don't get a meeting with the Electoral Commission, then there is a strong case for a judicial review. " Vote Leave is backed by a number of Labour MPs, including Gisela Stuart and Labour- supporting businessman John Mills while Grassroots Out's supporters include Labour's Kate Hoey and former Respect MP George Galloway. Grassroots Out welcomed TUSC's intervention and said it hoped it would play a role in the campaign, whoever won the designation. "Trade Union and Socialist Coalition has terrific reach across the country and it's great to have workers' voices so well represented," said Brendan Chilton, general secretary of Labour Go. "We look forward to working with them towards our common goal to free the UK from the shackles of the EU. " The Electoral Commission said it had the option to meet the representatives of the different groups to clarify points or seek further information. "The Commission will make its decision on designation of lead campaigners, as soon as practicable within the period from 1 to 14 April," it said in a statement. "The Commission will also publish on its website information about how the decision was reached, including the application forms submitted by campaigners," it said.

2016-04-01 19:03 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

88 GlaxoSmithKline to 'drop patents in poor countries for better drug access' Pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline has said it wants to make it easier for manufacturers in the world's poorest countries to copy its medicines. The British company said it would not file patents in these countries. Chief executive Sir Andrew Witty said he wanted to take a "graduated" approach to the company's "intellectual property" based on the wealth of nations around the globe. Experts have described the plans as "brave and positive". GSK hopes that by removing any fear of it filing for patent protection in poorer countries it will allow independent companies to make and sell versions of its drugs in those areas, thereby widening the public access to them. Sir Andrew said he hoped Africa would benefit most from the move. In accordance with international guidelines set out by the United Nations and World Bank, the company has drawn up a list of 50 countries with a combined population of about 1 billion people, where it has said it will not file for patents. In what GSK describes as lower middle income countries it will continue to file patents, but will grant licences to generic manufacturers in exchange for a "small royalty". Sir Andrew added: "The changes we are setting out aim to make it as clear and simple as possible for generic manufacturers to make and supply versions of GSK medicines. " The company has said it also wants to put all its future cancer drugs into a Medicines Patent Pool in an effort to address what it described as "the increasing burden of cancer in developing countries". The patents pool was established in 2010 and has proved successful in accelerating access to treatments such as HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis C through voluntary licensing arrangements, which allow generic versions of GSK's drugs to be made and distributed in poorer countries. Expanding the pool to include cancer drugs will "add to the wider contribution GSK makes to improve access to effective healthcare around the world", the company said. Sir Andrew added: "The experience GSK has with the Medicines Patent Pool for Tivicay - our newest HIV medicine and one of our most commercially successful products - gives us confidence that increasing access, incentivising innovation appropriately and achieving business success can go hand in hand. " GSK said it would continue to seek full patent protection in richer parts of the world. Prof Raymond Hill, former President of the British Pharmacological Society, said GSK's plans set a precedent for other major pharmaceutical companies to follow. He said: "This is a brave and positive step towards broadening the access to important new medicines in the developing world. "The impact of this move on the treatment of cancer and other diseases in each individual country will depend on whether there is a local adequate healthcare infrastructure that will allow the safe use of powerful new drugs in an appropriate group of patients. "Many new cancer drugs are most valuable when used in sub-groups of patients identified by advanced diagnostic techniques that may not be available. " Prof Alan Boyd, from the Royal Colleges of Physicians, described the plans as "good news" and "significant" He added: "Access to medicines for patients on a global basis is vital and it is good to see an innovative approach like this to ensure this happens. "

2016-04-01 19:03 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

89 US adds Lea to Rio Olympics team after arbitration case COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP) — Olympic veteran Bobby Lea has been added to the U. S. team for the Rio Games after the track cyclist's successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport resulted in a reduced doping suspension. Lea will compete in the omnium during the Summer Olympics in August. The medal hopeful was suspended 16 months after a test during last year's track national championships revealed a metabolite of oxycodone in his sample. Lea acknowledged taking the prescription painkiller Percocet without realizing it contained a substance banned in competition. Lea appealed his suspension to sport's highest court and it was reduced to six months, allowing him to compete in Rio if he was selected to the team. That occurred Friday, after an arbitration panel interpreted USA Cycling's selection criteria in his favor. 2016-04-02 00:43 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

90 5 taken to a hospital after ammonia leak at Phoenix dairy PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say five people have been taken to a hospital after an ammonia leak at a west Phoenix dairy. Officials of the Shamrock Farms Dairy say there was a leak in an ammonia holding tank at the company's processing plant Friday afternoon, but it now has been contained. Phoenix Fire Department officials say multiple people at the scene complained about burning eyes and five people were transported for further evaluation at medical facilities. All were men between the ages of 35-65. It isn't immediately clear if the five are employees of the dairy.

2016-04-02 00:43 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

91 Grandfather who hoarded hundreds of Rawlplugs sells the lot for £1,500 A grandfather who spent years hoarding vintage Rawlplugs has sold the lot for £1,500 – to the boss of the company. Peter Barnard, 67, decided to pull the plug on his collection, featuring hundreds of the wall fixings as well as magazines, promotional items, display cabinets and tools dating back as far as the 1920s. It was bought at a Leicester auction by David Harvey, the managing director of Rawlplug Ltd. He plans to put the plugs on display at the firm's base in Glasgow. He faced stiff opposition from a representative from an American-based wall fixing company who was bidding on the lot. Mr Harvey said the sale was a great opportunity to buy some of its past back and will be putting it on display at the company's base in Glasgow. 'The company has been sold many times over the years and its heritage has been lost,' he said. 'When we saw these items come up for sale we saw it as an opportunity to secure some important pieces from our heritage and put them on display. 'There are lots of little things in the collection that are of little value but are quite important as far as we are concerned. 'But the main item was a wooden display box that would have been used as a sales aid at a hardware store before the 1940s. 'It would have been on the counter and filled with plugs of different shapes and sizes to help the customer decide which type they needed. 'The display case is still reasonably complete.' Mr Barnard, from Gillingham in Dorset, said he now planned to take a break from hoarding, adding: 'I don't think my wife will be too happy if I start collecting anything else.' He continued: 'I just hope whoever bought it likes Rawlplugs as much as me and hopefully it'll be put on display for everyone to enjoy.' Founder John Rawlings invented the Rawlplug in 1911 to attach fittings to the British Museum's walls without damaging the masonry. They are now sold in roughly 50 countries around the world. In the UK Rawlplug Ltd supplies via distributors B&Q, Jewsons, Screwfix and Travis Perkins.

2016-04-02 00:42 Daily Mail www.dailymail.co.uk

92 Newark airport flight limits eased; could spur lower fares NEWARK, N. J. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday it's easing limits on the number of hourly flights at Newark Liberty International Airport, and the airport's operator said that should lead to greater competition and lower airfares. The limits at Newark Liberty, which serves the New York City region and is one of the busiest airports in the nation, were put in place in 2008 to reduce congestion and delays. They restricted flight operations during peak times to 81 per hour. The FAA said arrival and departure delays have decreased significantly since then. It also said the number of scheduled flights has been well below the limits and Newark's runways can handle more flights. For example, on-time arrivals increased by 11 percent since 2007, and mean arrival and departure delays were down by about 33 percent, the FAA said. Delays greater than an hour were down 37 percent for arrivals and 38 percent for departures. However, the past year has had much better weather, leading to fewer delays across the nation. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates Newark Liberty and the region's other main transit hubs, said lifting the restrictions could lead to lower airfares for passengers. "This action will help travelers by increasing competition and choices at Newark Liberty by allowing more flights by different airlines, thereby helping to reduce airfares," it said in a statement. The easing of flight restrictions also will address an issue that is the subject of a U. S. Department of Justice lawsuit filed last November against Newark's dominant carrier, United Airlines. According to the lawsuit, Chicago-based United controls around 900 of the roughly 1,200 slots — takeoff and landing authorizations allocated by the FAA — at the airport, while no other airline holds more than 70. The lawsuit says United doesn't use all the slots it controls, depriving passengers of flight options they would have if the slots were flown. A spokeswoman for United said in an email Friday that the airline, whose parent company is United Continental Holdings Inc., "will continue to work with the FAA, which recognizes this decision may cause further inconvenience to customers flying to and from Newark, along with the Port Authority and others, to minimize delays and provide them the reliability they expect when they fly. " Virgin America has long protested United's dominance over Newark, saying it wanted to add more flights into the airport and lower fares. The airline, based right outside San Francisco's airport, has several daily transcontinental flights but wants more to compete with United, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and JetBlue. The routes are some of the most profitable in the country. The flight changes will take effect at the end of October. While more access to the Newark airport could lower prices for fliers it has the possibility to also bring about more travel headaches. New York has the most congested airspace in the nation, and Newark routinely ranks at the bottom of U. S. airports in on-time performance. ___ AP Airlines Writer Scott Mayerowitz in New York contributed to this story.

2016-04-02 00:40 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

93 BC-SOC--Argentine Standings Velez Sarsfield 1, Quilmes 2 Argentinos Juniors 0, Huracan 0 Atletico Tucuman 2, Huracan 1 Olimpo vs. Rosario Central, 2115 local time Temperley vs. Estudiantes, 2115 local time Racing Club vs. Tigre, 1530 local time Boca Juniors vs. Atletico Rafaela, 1745 local time Banfield vs. Colon, 2000 local time Patronato vs. River Plate, 2000 local time Newell's vs. Aldosivi, 1400 local time San Lorenzo vs. Belgrano, 1615 local time San Martin vs. Argentinos Juniors, 1715 local time Defensa y Justicia vs. Arsenal, 1745 local time Velez Sarsfield vs. Godoy Cruz, 1930 local time Sarmiento vs. Independiente, 2000 local time Gimnasia LP vs. Quilmes, 2115 local time Union vs. Lanus, 2115 local time Colon vs. Patronato, 2115 local time Godoy Cruz vs. San Lorenzo, 2115 local time Huracan vs. San Martin, 1530 local time Defensa y Justicia vs. Temperley, 1745 local time River Plate vs. Sarmiento, 1745 local time Independiente vs. Olimpo, 2000 local time Banfield vs. Lanus, 1530 local time Argentinos Juniors vs. Newell's, 1745 local time Rosario Central vs. Velez Sarsfield, 1800 local time Tigre vs. Boca Juniors, 2000 local time Belgrano vs. Gimnasia LP, 2010 local time Aldosivi vs. Racing Club in Buenos Aires, 1745 local time Atletico Rafaela vs. Union, 1900 local time Quilmes vs. Arsenal, 1900 local time Estudiantes vs. Atletico Tucuman, 2115 local time 2016-04-02 00:40 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

94 Art captures constant motion of Asian Megacities Megacities - cities where over 10 million people live - are on the rise, and nowhere more so than Asia. The impact of such growth is felt on both residents and the environment. Now 11 artists, including Ai Weiwei, are capturing those changes and constant motion by using everything from bicycles to plastic bags. Their works are on display at a new exhibit in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Produced by Sarah McHaney. Edited by Bill McKenna. Filmed by Ian Cartwright.

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

95 Tesla Model 3 pitched as an 'affordable' electric car Tesla has unveiled its much-anticipated Model 3 electric car - its lowest-cost vehicle to date. The price and range of the five-seater should make the vehicle appeal to new types of customers and could boost interest in other electric vehicles. Chief executive Elon Musk said his goal was to produce about 500,000 vehicles a year once production is at full speed. Within a day of the launch, Mr Musk tweeted that 180,000 vehicles had been pre-ordered. He added that, if the average price tag ended up at $42,000 (£29,500), this would equate to $7.5bn in one day. The California-based company needs the vehicle to prove popular if it is to stay in business, though pre-orders of the Model 3 will not necessarily all translate to actual sales when the car is released. The first deliveries of the vehicle are scheduled to start in late 2017, and it can be ordered in advance in dozens of countries, including the UK, Ireland, Brazil, India, China and New Zealand. The basic model will start at $35,000 (£24,423) and have a range of at least 215 miles (346km) per charge. Tesla delivered 50,580 vehicles last year. Most of those were its Model S saloon, which overtook Nissan's Leaf to become the world's best selling pure-electric vehicle. But the firm still posted a net loss of $889m (£620m) for 2015, partly because it spent $718m on research and development over the period. It left Tesla with cash reserves of $1.2bn, down from $1.9bn a year earlier. "For a long time there had been questions about the long term viability of Tesla," commented Jessica Caldwell, an industry analyst at the car research site Edmunds. "With niche products like the Model S and the Model X, it hasn't been hitting any sales targets that would sustain its business. "So, launching what it hopes will be high-volume vehicle is going to show if it can become a fully- fledged auto company that will succeed in the long-term rather than one that pumps out a few cool cars and then goes bust, as we've seen happen with other electric car start-ups such as Fisker. " Read more: Are electric cars about to go mainstream? 'We had to make an affordable car' Three electric car recalls in a month Elon Musk: The driven dreamer Other details provided about the Model 3 included: Mr Musk added that the car should feel more spacious to passengers than similar-sized petrol- based cars because of design decisions Tesla could make by not using a combustion engine. "You are sitting a little further forward," he explained. "That's what gives you the legroom to have five adults. " "And the rear roof area is actually one continuous pane of glass. "The reason that that's great is because it gives you an amazing feeling of openness. So, it has by far the best roominess of any car of this size. " In scenes more commonly associated with smartphone launches than those of vehicles, hundreds of people queued outside Tesla stores in the US to try to secure one of the first Model 3s. They had to pay a $1,000 deposit to reserve the car before they had even seen it. The company also began taking online orders an hour before its press event had begun. At the end of his presentation, Mr Musk said that Tesla had already received more than 115,000 orders. The move should help the firm head off competition from other forthcoming similarly-priced electric cars that will become available first, including General Motors' Chevy Bolt and BYD's Qin EV300. Part of the incentive to commit early is that a $7,500 tax credit offered to US buyers is set to be pulled once the company has sold 200,000 vehicles in the country. "If you look at the US auto market, the average purchase price is about $33,000, which is close to what the target for the Model 3 is," said Ms Caldwell. "So, it becomes less of that pie-in-the-sky dream car and something that the average person can actually afford. "That's why people are excited about it in non-traditional Tesla markets - places outside of San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles - and why we saw lines in places like Houston and Arizona. " You could call it Tesla's Kickstarter campaign. At tonight's event, computers were set up for people to throw their cash into Elon Musk's coffers to fund the Model 3 project. One of them was 16-year-old Adam Metcalf, there with his father, who had saved up "all the allowance I've ever had" to put down a deposit for what will be his first car. Adam hopes to get into the driver seat when it launches at the end of next year. He'll need a serious allowance, mind, even if government subsidies eat into the $35,000 headline price. If Adam can't quite stretch that far, his deposit will be refunded. Which makes you wonder - how many of the 115,000 pre-orders (and counting) will turn into actual sales? As I say, it's like the crowdfunded pitches on Kickstarter. You don't quite know if the end product will be the success promised at launch. No doubt about it, Musk needs to sell a lot of the Model 3. While lining up to get in, I spoke to the managing director of a major European investment bank, who didn't want to be named. He said the eccentric, rocket-making Musk remains a popular figure, of course, but that patience is quickly running out. Investors are demanding profitability this year - Musk says he can deliver. Price: $37,500 (£26,100) excluding tax credits. Not available outside US at launch. Range: More than 200 miles (322km) on a full charge. Power source: 60kWh lithium-ion battery. Takes nine hours to fully charge or one hour to charge up to 80% at a fast-charger station Available: Late 2016. Price: $42,400 (£29,500) excluding tax credits. £30,980 in the UK including VAT but excluding government grant. Range: 80-100 miles (128km-159km) on a full charge - or up to 150 miles if using a petrol-based "range extender" add-on. Power source: 22kWh lithium-ion battery. Takes 3hrs 30mins to fully charge, or 30mins to charge up to 80% at a fast-charger station. Available: Now. Price: $34,200 (£23,800) excl tax credits. £29,490 in the UK including VAT but excluding government grant. Range: 107-155 miles (172-249km) on a full charge. Power source: 30kWh lithium-ion battery. Takes six hours to fully charge, or 30mins to charge up to 80% at a fast-charger station. Available: Now. Price: $57,500 (£40,020) excl tax credits. £66,000 in the UK incl VAT but excluding government grant. Range: 312 miles on a full charge. Power source: Hydrogen - the two tanks can be refilled in five minutes at a refuelling station. Available: Now. Price: $28,995(£20,185) excluding tax credits. £31,650 in UK including VAT but excluding government grant. Range: 83 miles (134km) on a full charge. Battery: 24.2kWh lithium-ion battery. Takes eight hours to fully charge, or four hours if using optional 7.2KWH quick-charger, and can be charged up to 80% in 30mins at a fast-charger station. Available: Now. Price: £25,545 including battery or £20,545 excluding battery if opting for battery hire programme -both include VAT but exclude government grant. Not available in US. Range: 130 miles (209km) on a full charge. Power source: 22kWh lithium-ion battery. Takes four hours to fully charge, and can be charged to 80% in 30mins at a fast-charger station. Available: Now Price: 260,000 yuan ($40,300; £28,050) excluding subsidies. No details yet about launch plans outside China. Range: 186 miles (300km) on a full charge. Battery: 48 kWh lithium-ion battery. Charging time unknown. Available: Details to be given at the Beijing Auto Show in April.

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

96 Donna Air's daughter Freya grows up Boyfriends can come and go, but daughters are for ever. Former TV presenter Donna Air, who is taking a 'relationship sabbatical' from the Duchess of Cambridge's brother, James Middleton, shared this old picture of herself holding her daughter Freya. She captions it: 'Before she was taller than me.' Freya, who is now 12, is indeed taller than her willowy mum, who stands at 5 ft 8 in. Freya's father is Donna's ex, conservationist Damian Aspinall. Did you hear the one about a German April Fool's joke? Peter Ammon, German ambassador to the Court of St James's, is keen to challenge the unfair idea that his countrymen have no sense of humour. To mark April Fool's Day, the German embassy announced that Berlin had decided to establish rugby union as the country's new national sport. Having seen its footballing reputation dented by England last weekend, Germany would now 'focus all attention and efforts on winning the Seven Nations Championship'. Rugby would become 'integral' to German culture, it continued, before rather over-stretching the joke by adding that hens would be bred to lay eggs in the shape of rugby balls. But the idea of Germans playing rugby may not be entirely absurd. Is there not something, at least in the jut of her jaw and her worse haircuts, of England skipper Dylan Hartley, to Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel? Peter Capaldi, star of the BBC series Doctor Who, reveals his fans send him some very peculiar gifts. 'I get lots of crocheted versions of myself – and cushions with my face all over them,' he says. 'It's very strange.' You can quote me on that 'I don't have any nostalgia for my teens, but 40 to 50 suited me to a 'T' — you're still young enough, and all your body bits work.' Lord Fellowes, 66, Downton Abbey scriptwriter 'I have unusually large nostrils, like a horse. I can take in air exceptionally well.' Historian and tv presenter Lucy Worsley 'I've always had sports cars, I've never had a car that's had more than two doors.' Angus Deayton, 60 'My motto is, 'Do everything, but don't do too much of anything.' ' Dame Helen Mirren 'Any author who goes into a script conference seeing himself as the guard-dog of his novel is wasting his time.' John le Carre, author of The Night Manager Is little Dragon Allegra the new Emma Watson? The Dragon School in Oxford (£28,000 a year fees) boasts many distinguished acting alumni including Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Tom Hollander (who all starred in BBC1's The Night Manager) and Harry Potter's Emma Watson. Now there is a new kid on the block who might eclipse them all. Step forward current pupil Allegra Allen, ten-year-old daughter of Hotel Babylon author Imogen Edwards-Jones and Kenton Allen, CEO of TV and film company Big Talk Productions, who shared the red carpet on Thursday with Antonio Banderas (right) at the Madrid premiere of his latest film Altamira. Allegra plays his daughter in the new Hugh Hudson movie about the discovery of Spanish cave paintings. 'It was really exciting but a little overwhelming,' Allegra tells me. 'Antonio and all the other actors were very kind and helpful and told me what to do. I would do it again in a heart beat.' After wrapping himself in the flag over the EU referendum, Boris Johnson is now said to have saved The Rolling Stones for the nation. The Saatchi Gallery hosts the first major exhibition of Stones memorabilia next week, with 500 items from the band's archive on display. But it appears that the show would have emigrated across the Atlantic if the Mayor hadn't intervened. 'The band couldn't find a suitable venue,' a source says. 'They would have moved the whole business to New York but Boris stepped in and promised to have a word with Saatchi.' Boris was only repaying his debts to the group. He admitted 'hero-worshiping' debauched guitarist Keith Richards as a teenager and has since called for the louche rocker to be knighted. Hollywood star Halle Berry, who set pulses racing as a bikini-clad Bond girl, threatens to induce torpor on Instagram which she joined this week. 'I'm excited to share with you my love of nature, the arts, fashion and much more in the hopes that the images will inspire, promote conversation and bring you joy,' she trills. Has no one told her many of the site's 400 million users prefer to post pictures of snacks and cats?

2016-04-02 00:39 www.dailymail.co.uk

97 New NHS contracts ‘are anti-women’ Female doctors will be discriminated against by the new junior doctors’ contract, according to leading experts in the profession. Under the controversial new contract, it is claimed mothers will face increased childcare costs and widening pay gaps with male colleagues. Professor Jane Dacre and Clare Marx, the presidents of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Surgeons respectively, spoke out after the Department of Health noted in its own assessment of the contract that it would ‘impact disproportionately on women’. In a joint statement, they said: ‘We are very concerned by the language in the Government’s own equality analysis of the contract.’ Under the new contract, normal working hours will be extended from 7pm on weekdays to 10pm and will include Saturday from 7am to 5pm for the first time. The Medical Women’s Federation, which represents female doctors, told the Guardian it was worried the contract will force mothers to find childcare at those times. The new contract could breach junior doctors’ right to a family life under the Human Rights Act, the federation suggested. There is due to be a fourth strike by junior doctors lasting 48 hours from next Wednesday. This will be followed by more strikes on April 26 and 27. The Department of Health said: ‘This contract is a huge step forward for achieving fairness for all trainee doctors. For the first time, junior doctors will be paid and rewarded solely on the basis of their own hard work and achievement.’

2016-04-02 00:38 Tim Lamden www.dailymail.co.uk

98 Star abruptly leaves Broadway's Cirque du Soleil show NEW YORK (AP) — Things have gotten much more complicated for the upcoming high-octane Cirque du Soleil show on Broadway: One of the leading actors has left only 16 days until previews begin. Producers for "Paramour," the first Cirque production created specifically for Broadway, said Friday that Bradley Dean had departed over "creative differences. " He will be replaced by Jeremy Kushnier. The move came a day after a somewhat underwhelming press presentation of a few of the musical's numbers and an introduction to the performers at the Lyric Theatre. The change will not push back the beginning of previews or the May 25 opening. The show, which includes classic Cirque touches like aerial acts and acrobats on teeterboards, has chosen — somewhat puzzlingly for Cirque's maiden voyage to Broadway — to celebrate classic Hollywood. The plot centers on a romantic triangle that includes a beautiful actress, a celebrated movie director and a young composer. The trio goes from movie set to movie set, allowing acrobats to spice up the musical numbers. Dean was to play the director opposite Ruby Lewis as the actress and Ryan Vona as the composer. Dean is a Broadway veteran with such credits as "Doctor Zhivago," ''The Last Ship," and the 2012 revival of "Evita. " The overwhelming majority of the cast is making their Broadway debuts. Losing a key performer so close to the beginning of previews is not unprecedented, but it is usually due to an injury not internal differences in a show that has been developed for many months like "Paramour. " The show is directed by French stage director and choreographer Philippe Decouflé. ___ Online: http://www. ParamourOnBroadway.com ___ Mark Kennedy is at http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits

2016-04-02 00:37 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

99 Port Talbot: Javid tells workers plant has a future Business Secretary Sajid Javid has told workers there is a future for steel production at Port Talbot, insisting the government is on "their side". Hundreds of Tata Steel workers gathered to demand answers from Mr Javid as he left a meeting at the plant. Holding a "Save our Steel" banner, workers asked him: "So you're not going to let us go to the wall? " He said he would be "fully involved" in talks over a possible sale and there were "viable buyers" out there. Tata Steel UK: What are the options? Call to 'take over' Tata's pension fund What's going wrong with Britain's steel industry? What next for Tata Steel workers? Steel v banks - Why they're different when it comes to a government bail-out The business secretary also defended his handling of the crisis and rejected claims the UK had been too easy on China over steel dumping. Labour said ministers seemed "unaware" of the severity of the crisis. Mr Javid has been under fire for being in Australia at the time that Tata announced its intention on Tuesday to sell Port Talbot and its other UK assets, putting at least 15,500 jobs at risk. The minister, who returned on Friday morning, said he had "rushed back" amid concerns that there might only be weeks to safeguard the plant's future but had since been reassured by Tata that more time would be allowed to find a buyer. Asked by workers if he would do everything he could to save their livelihoods, he did not give a firm guarantee but said: "We are on your side... There is time there. " Mr Javid said steel was "absolutely vital" to the UK's future industrial strategy, insisting that ministers had been in talks with Tata about the future "for a long time". A crowd of workers chanted "save our steel" as Mr Javid was driven away from the site. He later tweeted that he was "honoured to meet some of the hardest working men and women in Britain". The government is facing claims that it has blocked an EU measure which would have tackled the "dumping" of cheap Chinese steel in Europe - one of main handicaps facing UK producers. Ministers opposed an European Commission proposal to lift the "lesser duty rule" cap, which would allow tougher tariffs to be imposed on cheap imported steel, arguing higher tariffs would hit other sectors such as the car industry. But Mr Javid said this could "not be further from the truth", telling workers that the UK had "been the leader in getting tariffs imposed where evidence exists" of unfair trade practices. Tata Steel's UK business - which directly employs 15,000 workers and supports thousands of others - includes plants in Port Talbot, Rotherham, Corby and Shotton. After a board meeting at its headquarters in Mumbai on Wednesday, Tata confirmed plans to sell its loss-making UK plants. Unless a buyer can be found, thousands of jobs are at risk. The Port Talbot plant - which employs 4,100 people - is said to be losing £1m a day. Dumping, duties and steel The EU is imposing financial penalties on 16 categories of Chinese steel imports which they believe are being "dumped" on overseas markets - effectively being sold at a loss. The rate of these duties varies but, controversially, they are more often than not lower than the actual amount by which the products are under-priced. This is in, large part, down to the so-called "lesser duty" rule. This rule, which derives from World Trade Organisation regulations , states that it is desirable, although not necessary, for tariffs to be applied at a level "adequate" to remove the financial harm caused to competitors but "at a level lower than the margin of dumping". UK steel producers and unions argue the EU, by adhering to this rule, has effectively capped steel tariffs at 9% although the European Commission does not recognise this figure. Both Mr Javid and Prime Minister David Cameron have said nationalisation is "not the answer" for British steelworks but union and opposition figures have criticised the government for failing to do enough to respond to the issue. Roy Rickhuss, the general secretary of the trade union Community which represents many steelworkers in Port Talbot, says Mr Javid had been slow to react. "He must have known there was a potential for there to be a closure announcement last week and he wasn't to be seen. " And Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said public ownership may be the only answer to guarantee the industry's future if no buyer came forward. "I would advocate some form of public intervention, if necessary full public ownership, the crucial thing is to preserve the steel industry in Britain as a basis for our economic growth," he said. Charles De Lusignan, from the European Steel Association, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the UK had not done all it could and, indeed, had been instrumental in blocking a European Commission proposal from 2013 to remove restrictions on higher tariffs. Steel production makes up 1% of Britain's manufacturing output and 0.1% of the country's economic output. It is understood the government is looking at offering loan guarantees to potential buyers and tighter rules on procurement to make sure major British projects are obliged to buy British steel. Do you work at the Port Talbot steel plant? How will the plans to sell it affect you and your family? Let us know about your experiences. Email [email protected] with your stories. Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways: Or use the form below

2016-04-02 01:05 BBC News www.bbc.co.uk

100 Protesters demand release of detained Nigerian Shiite leader CIKATSERE, Nigeria (AP) -- Dozens of protesters are demanding that Nigerian officials release Shiite leader Ibraheem Zakzaky. Zakzaky was detained Dec. 14 along with scores of others after military raids in the northern city of Zaria allegedly killed hundreds of his followers and two of his sons. He has not been brought to court, which the law says must be within 48 hours of arrest. Zakzaky's Islamic Movement in Nigeria denies that its members kidnapped and killed a Nigerian army colonel last week, or that they attempted to assassinate military chief Gen. Tukur Buratai. On Friday, protesters chanting "Free Zakzaky! " marched along the highway near Zaria -- one of many such protests recently. The minority Shiites have boycotted a commission of inquiry into the killings, demanding that lawyers be given access to Zakzaky. Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

2016-04-02 00:36 Associated Press mynorthwest.com

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